Archive for December 4th, 2020
Week ends with additional COVID-19 case
(CNS): Another new positive COVID-19 test on Friday brings the total cases of the virus for this week to 15. The latest COVID sample to come back positive was in a traveller who remains in isolation and is asymptomatic. It was among a batch of 442 tests, the rest of which were negative. There are […]
Work begins on seven low cost East End homes
(CNS): The National Housing Development Trust (NHDT) has broken ground on the latest phase of its low cost homes in East End. The construction of the first seven set of affordable houses in phase three of the project is set to begin this month and another 14 houses will also get underway in the first […]
Ministry confirms extra school holiday is for staff
(CNS): The decision to extend the Christmas school holidays by two weeks is largely to support educators after a difficult year, officials have said. On Friday Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly confirmed the change to the start date for the New Year Term from 4 January to 18 January, following reports on CNS earlier this week. […]
Miller calls for Bush excuses to end
(CNS): The independent member for North Side, Ezzard Miller, is the first member of Parliament to react to what was revealed in court Thursday and Speaker McKeeva Bush’s formal admission of a violent assault on a woman. Having already called for his resignation previously, Miller said it was now time for everyone else in the […]
Bush’s guilty plea is a test of character for MPs
Johann Moxam writes: It is unfortunate that it has all come to this. It really does not matter which politician is involved in this sort of situation considering the details now in the public domain. This is now a test of the character of each elected member of Parliament. If the premier, the Cabinet members […]
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