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Bermuda’s status as a co-operative tax jurisdiction has been reaffirmed by the European Union’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
But the British media have highlighted that Bermuda is among 47 jurisdictions warned to take extra steps to preven...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Updates for health and safety regulations at the island’s care and nursing homes will be debated by MPs today.
As well as the second reading of the Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes Amendment Act 2017, an assessment of the America’s Cup is exp...
DATE: Dec 01, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Political observers said last night that the One Bermuda Alliance had to ditch its United Bermuda Party legacy.
Former OBA minister Michael Fahy, one of the party’s founders, said it faced a painful reappraisal after it was returned to the opposition...
DATE: Nov 28, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former One Bermuda Alliance senator Nick Kempe quit yesterday as chairman of the party after only five days in the job.
Senator Nandi Outerbridge, the deputy chairman and former MP, will take over the top position on an interim basis.
Mr Kempe, an ad...
DATE: Nov 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Jeanne Atherden has been sworn in as Leader of the Opposition by John Rankin, the Governor, at a brief ceremony this afternoon at Government House.
Ms Atherden had been selected by the One Bermuda Alliance membership to lead the party, over former le...
DATE: Nov 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An ageing well committee chaired by Government MP Derrick Burgess was announced this afternoon by David Burt, the Premier.
Comprising members of the private sector as well as the civil service, the committee is to produce is to produce a Bermudian ch...
DATE: Nov 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Developer Michael MacLean abandoned court proceedings after he failed to win $156 million in compensation for the voiding of his development proposal for the Hamilton waterfront, Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs said yesterday.
The Bermuda ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A brief session is expected for today’s House of Assembly, with legislators to debate the Contributory Pensions Order.
The island’s recent turmoil in the wake of the “Paradise Papers” of leaked electronic files will be addressed by David Burt, the Pr...
DATE: Nov 10, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Ousted former premier Craig Cannonier is to make a fresh attempt to lead the One Bermuda Alliance.
Mr Cannonier, who quit in the wake of the Jetgate controversy in 2014, is to stand for leader of the party against interim Opposition leader Patricia G...
DATE: Nov 07, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former Progressive Labour Party MP and senator Reginald Burrows, who died yesterday, was an eclectic Progressive Labour Party veteran and elder statesman of Bermuda politics.
Mr Burrows, who was 83, battled Bermuda’s segregation in his personal, busi...
DATE: Nov 04, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell