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Three projects, including a vertical farming facility and a start-up internet provider, could be in line to benefit from the $88 million Bermuda Infrastructure Fund, it was revealed yesterday.
More than a year after the scheme was launched, it has ye...
DATE: Jun 13, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Speaker of the House of Assembly admitted last night that he was perhaps wrong to allow comments from a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, who claimed that Bermuda’s longest-serving premier “tap-danced” for the “most reactionary and racist ele...
DATE: May 18, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The British Government has rejected a parliamentary committee proposal to come up with a timetable for talks that would give British residents in Bermuda the right to vote.
It said the Foreign Office did not plan to publish any such schedule but reco...
DATE: May 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
MPs and senators were told they were on “a public platform” and should behave accordingly as part of talks in a two-day seminar with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Appropriate use of social media and conduct in the House of Assembly were...
DATE: May 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Minister of Finance said yesterday he expected Bermuda to be removed from the list of uncooperative tax jurisdictions after he completed a round of discussions in Europe.
Curtis Dickinson said the visit included a meeting with the chairwoman of t...
DATE: Apr 08, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Supreme Court cases will no longer be heard in historic Sessions House after the building is renovated, the Speaker of the House of Assembly confirmed yesterday.
Dennis Lister said that the 200-year-old courtroom would be used by the legislature afte...
DATE: Apr 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A European Union economic commissioner was “surprised” that Bermuda was included on a list of noncooperative tax jurisdictions, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt explained that the island was internationally recognised as having a robust reputat...
DATE: Mar 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Plans to hold a House of Assembly meeting tomorrow — when new legislation linked to municipalities was expected to be tabled — were put on hold yesterday.
Craig Cannonier, the Opposition leader, said he had been told there would be no session in the ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A contract between the Government’s communications team and a media organisation run by a former Progressive Labour Party MP raised questions from the Opposition yesterday.
Susan Jackson, of the One Bermuda Alliance, called for clarification over the...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Britain will be pressured to sort out problems with passport codes on Bermudian passports printed in the UK, the Cabinet Office minister said on Monday.
Walton Brown earlier said he hoped there would be progress on the passport problem, which has cau...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter