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Creating an economic environment in which entrepreneurs can thrive and job creation blossoms is key to driving the economy forward, according to Government.
And yesterday Finance Minister Bob Richards unveiled a number of measures including tax break...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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Motorists will have to fork out more to get their vehicles on the road while smokers and drinkers will be encouraged to cut down on their vices through tax increases proposed in yesterday’s Budget.
Finance Minister Bob Richards said Government was re...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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Accountant Anthony Richardson has been appointed as Alderman for the Corporation of St George’s following a hotly contested election yesterday.
Mr Richardson, who was born and raised in the town, picked up 160 votes, seeing off the challenge of books...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Chronic staff shortages, a dictatorial leadership, and the promotion of inexperienced personnel to key positions are putting the lives of Bermuda’s firefighters at risk, according to the Fire Service Association.
In a damning assessment of departing ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Marijuana use could one day become as socially acceptable as alcohol, according to Government’s chief lawyer.
And Attorney General Mark Pettingill said that, while he was not calling for the legalisation of the drug, the Island had to have a mature d...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Employers have the legal right to give Bermudians preferential treatment over foreign work colleagues, according to a top attorney.
Lawyer Richard Horseman made the argument on the second day of a Human Rights Commission hearing into a complaint by B...
DATE: Feb 21, 2013
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Veteran Progressive Labour Party MP Dennis Lister has dismissed reports that he intends to step down from the party and stand as an Independent.
And the party today said he’d accepted the post of Shadow Minister for Quangos one of a list of Shadow Mi...
DATE: Feb 21, 2013
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New human rights regulations that will protect gays and lesbians from discrimination could become law in a matter of weeks.
And Bermuda is currently in violation of European laws that make it an offence not to provide protection for gays and lesbians...
DATE: Feb 21, 2013
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A British police officer claims he missed out on a promotion while serving with the Bermuda Police Service because he is a foreigner.
And Michael Harkin also claims that senior police officers decided not to renew his contract in an act of “retaliati...
DATE: Feb 20, 2013
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The Heritage Wharf at Dockyard is not structurally strong enough to accommodate even regular-sized cruise ships, according to a yet-to-be-released engineer’s report.
The development is currently undergoing a multimillion dollar modification programme...
DATE: Feb 18, 2013
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