9018 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Jonathan Bell
An estimated $40 million in fees has been lost as a result of fronting land purchases by non-Bermudians, MPs were told yesterday.
The sale of about 120
properties are under investigation.
Walton Brown, the Minister ofHome Affairs, told the House of...
DATE: Sep 23, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A raft of business legislation will go before MPs today in the House of Assembly, as well as a Bill tightening the island’s crime-fighting regime.
MPs are set to debate the Companies Amendment (No. 2) Act 2017, along with the Payroll Tax Amendment (N...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A shared commitment to peace will overcome the barriers presented to young people in Bermuda by gang violence, the local observance of International Peace Day heard.
In a ceremony at City Hall, diverse members of the community held hands in a circle ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Victoria Pearman, the Ombudsman for Bermuda, tabled her 2016 annual report earlier today in the House of Assembly.
The report was filed with the Speaker of the House on June 30, but could not be released until Parliament had reconvened.
According to ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Flora Duffy, who became the world’s top female triathlete with her second ITU World Triathlon Series victory, is to be recognised for her achievements by her alma mater, Warwick Academy.
The school is to dedicate its swimming pool to its alumna, nami...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Abdussalam Musbahi, a prominent British urologist, has joined staff at the Brown-Darrell Clinic.
The surgeon has practised in the UK for the past 30 years, also serving as a senior consultant in Britain, Qatar and Libya.
Dr Musbahi specialises in dis...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bullying and bad behaviour at an island primary school is ignored by education officials, worried parents have claimed.
Parents of pupils at Elliot Primary School said that their objections to the education ministry had fallen on deaf ears — and that...
DATE: Sep 19, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Education
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Roslyn Bascombe-Adams, Bermuda Hospitals Board’s director of emergency and hyperbaric services, is to join the hurricane relief effort in the British Virgin Islands at the request of the Pan American Health Organisation and the World Health Organisat...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 54-year-old Devonshire man has been arrested in connection with a counterfeit US $50 note tendered at the RUBiS Causeway Service Station on Tuesday evening, according to police.
A spokesman advised residents to look out for fake bills bearing the s...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Crime
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Assertions that the One Bermuda Alliance overspent on the America’s Cup were attacked as “political grandstanding” and “pathetic” by Grant Gibbons, the Shadow Minister of Economic Development.
The claims came from David Burt, the Premier and Minister...
DATE: Sep 16, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell