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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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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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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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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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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have asked the public for their help to find Roydell Stovell, 63.
A police spokesman said Ms Stovell, who was last seen in Pembroke at 2am on Monday, is overdue to return to a medical facility.
The spokesman said the missing woman is light com...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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An application for the release of further communications between the Bermuda Health Council and the Chief Medical Officer about two prominent physicians has been denied.
However the Information Commissioner has approved the release of one record and ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Southampton resident has called for road improvements after a car smashed through a fence and landed in the water near Jews Bay, Southampton.
Everett Gibson, who lives near the scene of the crash, said the crash was one of a series, but that little...
DATE: Dec 03, 2019
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Artists have been challenged to create a cover design for a limited edition book about Bermuda’s role in genetics history.
The competition, launched yesterday by the Bermuda Principles Foundation and sponsored by the Department of Community and Cultu...
DATE: Dec 03, 2019
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The Bermuda Industrial Union has launched legal action against a sports club over unpaid debts from up to 18 years ago.
A writ, filed by the law firm Trott and Duncan on October 2, referenced two promissory notes between the BIU and the Pembroke Hami...
DATE: Dec 03, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes