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Alex Swan, a prominent businessman and entrepreneur, has died. Mr Swan was 76.
The realtor and developer was a decades-long friend and business associate of Sir John Swan, the former premier.
Mr Swan was a general manager for John W. Swan Limited, an...
DATE: Mar 04, 2019
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Legislation implementing budgetary steps laid out by Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, has been tabled to go into effect later this year.
The Land Tax Amendment Bill 2019, tabled yesterday in the House, will come into effect on July 1, 2019 if ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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The Mayor of Hamilton warned the Government could be hit with a large compensation bill if it passes legislation transforming Bermuda’s municipalities into quangos.
Charles Gosling was speaking after Walter Roban, Minister of Home Affairs, tabled the...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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A committee investigating a clash between protesters and police outside the House of Assembly has been granted a three-month extension.
The Parliamentary Joint Select Committee, headed by Progressive Labour Party backbencher Kim Swan, was set up in J...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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A Holland-based tall ship for students, the Gulden Leeuw,, has called on Bermuda for the week.
The three-masted topsail schooner, whose name means “Golden Lion”, has more than 60 trainees on board and 20 staff, and is expected to head on tomorrow.
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DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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Roderick Benjamin, 66, was named by the Bermuda Police Service as a man found in an unresponsive state on Wednesday night on the Railway Trail near Loyal Hill, Devonshire.
Mr Benjamin was discovered by a member of the public at about 10.30pm, a spoke...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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Today marks two weeks since Donna Simmons was woken up by two sharp crashing sounds as a mass of rock toppled behind her family home on St Monica’s Road.
Her Pembroke home is still hemmed in at its western boundary by a “landslide” that buried the ut...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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Legislators face a gruelling stint in the House of Assembly today as the 2019-20 Budget is debated.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the One Bermuda Alliance spokeswoman for finance, will give the Opposition Reply to the Budget.
Ms Gordon-Pamplin will delive...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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Kathy Simmons, the Attorney-General, plans to meet with citizens concerned over the sentencing of sex offenders next week, after a group held a gathering outside the House of Assembly today.
She assured the public that children’s well being was of “p...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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The Government has put together a plan for reform based on “a future forward Government for the people of Bermuda”, David Burt told Parliament this morning.
The Premier said professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and unions had been consul...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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