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An unlicensed debt collection company recovered almost $13 million in unpaid land tax for the Government – and is likely to be paid $1.9 million in return.
Oarrs Inc collected the money after it was hired as a debt collection consultant by the Office...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Giving blood will be easier for donors after some restrictions were eased, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Bermuda’s blood donor centre, which used to require a 12-month deferral for certain activities, has cut the wait to three months beca...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Taps running dry have made summers a misery for Southside residents, a Bermuda Housing Corporation resident has charged.
The resident said last week’s outage - caused by a water main break - was their third already this year.
The Bermuda Land Develo...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority can carry out some of its banking overseas after a law change.
MPs agreed on Friday in the House of Assembly to allow the authority, which oversees safety and regulation for Bermuda-registered aircraft, to place i...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
MPs have given the green light to legislation reducing the responsibilities of the Board of Education.
The board will no longer be tasked with making a case to the Public Service Commission on appointing principals, or directors of the Department of ...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Debt collectors will get a break on reporting their accounts for 2020 because of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the House of Assembly heard.
But the Debt Collection Amendment Act 2021, despite using the word “exempt”, will ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Returning students have been put through an “emotional roller-coaster” when they were mistakenly sent home only to be put into mandatory quarantine days later, frustrated parents told The Royal Gazette this weekend.
It came as Opposition MP Michael ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Special development orders, legislated for parliamentary scrutiny ten years ago, are no longer to go before the House of Assembly under legislation tabled on Friday.
But Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told The Royal Gazette there were “no p...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Quan-Marley Lowe, with a 24-year-old Sandys Parish man expected to appear today in Magistrates’ Court.
A police spokesman said two others have been released on police bail.
Mr Lowe, 3...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An exemption for large groups to attend league cricket drew hundreds of spectators to matches over the weekend, but the relaxation of SafeKey rules drew criticism from the One Bermuda Alliance.
The “moving targets” in the island’s Covid-19 restricti...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell