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Strong comments by finance minister Bob Richards in The Guardian newspaper were “right on” in defending Bermuda’s reputation, Michael Dunkley said, adding that he had discussed the interview with Mr Richards.
“We are here together, so we had a genera...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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Opposition leader David Burt closed the latest town hall meeting on the airport project with a clear message to opponents of the deal: make your presence heard, but abide by the law.
Speaking of Friday’s sitting of Parliament to debate two Acts linke...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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Michael Dunkley, the Premier, concludes the latest round of Brexit talks in London today regarding the impact on the Overseas Territories of Britain’s departure from the European Union.
As he prepared to head to a courtesy meeting with Theresa May, t...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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Opposition MPs are still yet to review the financial model behind the airport development agreement, according to David Burt, leader of the Progressive Labour Party.
“The fact that it continues to be withheld makes me believe they don’t want the peop...
DATE: Feb 07, 2017
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Bermuda has paid out its creditors more than $1 million in penalties over two years of late submissions for the Government’s financials.
The penalties apply to private placement notes rather than to public bonds, according to details from Bob Richard...
DATE: Feb 07, 2017
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An online campaign is being backed by David Burt, the Leader of the Opposition, in aid of the family of his nephew Tyrone Tomlinson, who was shot dead in Toronto on Sunday night.
According to the Toronto Police Service, Mr Tomlinson, 21, who lived in...
DATE: Feb 07, 2017
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Ian Mackie, a popular former diver who worked as caretaker on the property of Michael Douglas, has been named by police as the 48-year-old man found in an unresponsive state on Sunday at the Warwick home.
The son of veteran diver Doug Mackie, he was ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2017
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Chartered accountant Craig Mayor, a persistent critic of the airport redevelopment project, returned to the Public Accounts Committee yesterday, saying the Bermuda Government’s “methodology is nonsense, and the results are nonsense”.
Meanwhile, the c...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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Brian Peckett, the island’s first full-time anaesthetist and fondly known as Dr P, has died at the age of 90.
Dr Peckett’s arrival in Bermuda marked a leap forward for local medicine, where doctors had previously relied on colleagues to administer an...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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By certain measures, Bermuda’s economy is on the road to recovery — but for some sections of society the patient remains as sick as ever.
The Royal Gazette visited the island’s newest feeding programme to speak with guests, and asked charity workers ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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