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February meant the Budget for 2021-22 and all eyes trained on Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, as he unveiled the first pandemic Budget.
The document was short on good news, but there was a promise to get the country back to a Budget surplu...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government’s plans to legalise and regulate the sale of cannabis in Bermuda struck a major roadblock in March after legislation was rejected by the Senate – which delayed a potential stand-off with the UK.
The Cannabis Licensing Act, which set ou...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
April saw the first gun murder of 2021 – one said after an investigation to be a case of mistaken identity.
Jordan Outerbridge was walking home from a card game when he was shot several times on Ord Road, Warwick, around 10.30pm on April 6.
Mr Outer...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Clashes broke out over Government plans to force unvaccinated travellers to quarantine in approved centres at their own expense as part of the battle against Covid-19.
Mark Pettingill, a lawyer and a former Attorney-General, said the move was “dracon...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
It was a summer of discontent as a row between the Bermuda Industrial Union and the Government over decertification votes in the workplace heated up.
Chris Furbert, the Bermuda Industrial Union president, insisted at the start of the month the union ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Flora Duffy struck gold in Tokyo as she triumphed in the triathlon and put Bermuda on the world stage with a surge of energy and enthusiasm that caught global attention.
Noting the small population of Bermuda, British newspaper, The Guardian, stated:...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Workers took to the streets for two days of industrial action as a row about voting rights for union decertification escalated.
The Bermuda Industrial Union warned that it had the power to bring down the Government if it failed to give in to its dema...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Hurricane Larry swept past Bermuda but left the island largely undamaged.
The hurricane packed sustained winds of 92mph and brought rough seas in its wake.
September also saw the grim death toll of Covid-19 continue to climb as the number of active c...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The environment took centre stage when Bermuda was represented at a major international conference on climate change and the island held its first youth summit on the subject.
But the month ended with the announcement that part of Marsh Folly was bei...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The most shocking headline of the month was the murder of two men at a busy bar in broad daylight.
Micah Davis and Ayinde Eve were killed on October 27 at the Robin Hood bar and restaurant on Hamilton’s Richmond Road.
Two other men – one of them an o...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
