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The Supreme Court struck down a claim yesterday that the former owner of the Olympic Club breached a merger agreement with The Athletic Club.
Wayne Scott, who represented The Athletic Club in court, argued that Scott Stallard had broken clause 26 of ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A decision not to release correspondence between the Government and the UK on the $250 million airport redevelopment project has been upheld by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Answer Styannes, the Acting Information Commissioner, said the docu...
DATE: Dec 06, 2019
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Thousands of people are expected to visit St George tonight for the traditional Bermuda National Trust Walkabout.
Christmas lights and music will fill the narrow streets of the town and historic BNT properties will be open for visitors until 9pm.
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DATE: Dec 06, 2019
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A new almanac designed to highlight when island food is at its best will be produced for next year’s Restaurant Weeks, the Bermuda Tourism Authority has said.
Glenn Jones, chief experiences development officer with the BTA, said Restaurant Weeks will...
DATE: Dec 06, 2019
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Bermuda has to do more to improve accessibility for disabled people, the health minister has said.
Kim Wilson said technology had made improvements to the lives of disabled people, but accessibility remained a problem.
She said: “Over the years, adva...
DATE: Dec 06, 2019
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Business Development Agency failed to complete a review of its decision to refuse to release documents about an overseas company that wanted to set up shop on the island inside the legislated time limit.
But Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Info...
DATE: Dec 06, 2019
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Legislation to require non-Bermudians be enrolled in a pension scheme was approved in the Senate on Wednesday.
The National Pension Scheme (Operational Pensions) Amendment Act will also allow seniors to withdraw up to 25 per cent of their pension sav...
DATE: Dec 06, 2019
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An e-waste drive will be launched this weekend to encourage the recycling of electrical items.
The public are asked to bring old laptops, computers, cable boxes, mobile phones and other electronics to the Tynes Bay Waste Treatment Facility to be recy...
DATE: Dec 05, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Senators are expected to debate changes to the national pension scheme today to require expatriate workers to be enrolled.
But the Government will be short a senator in the wake of the election of Jason Hayward to the House of Assembly. A PLP spokesw...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A legal battle between a construction firm owned by a government minister and his niece and her mother, his ex-sister-in-law will be fought out in the Court of Appeal.
But Island Construction, owned by Zane DeSilva, the current Minister of Tourism an...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes