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A ten percent grocery discount scheme is to end because retailers can’t afford it.
But Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said he hoped to “narrow the scope” of the discount deal to target those in most need.
Sen Fahy told Senate yesterday that the c...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Two men were rescued around 15 miles off Bermuda after their small boat broke down yesterday.
The 22-foot boat used a cellphone to contact shore, although they did not know their exact position, and signalled their position with a smoke flare.
A fish...
DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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MP Walton Brown has accused Finance Minister Bob Richards of misrepresenting his income from Government contracts.
Mr Brown spoke out after Mr Richards said in the House of Assembly that Mr Brown had benefited from a $770,000 contract — a statement h...
DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A probe into a $300,000 donation to the 2012 One Bermuda Alliance election campaign is still underway — four weeks after it was suggested the party would make a statement before the end of May.
“The investigation is still active and ongoing,” said OB...
DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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A total of five firms tendered for the redevelopment of the Club Med site in St George’s, MPs have heard.
But Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell declined to name the losing finalist in a contest which saw the field whittled down to two before the Venez...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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Tourism
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
No project management firm was hired by the Tourism Ministry to help set up the new Bermuda Tourism Authority, Minister Shawn Crockwell said on Friday.
Mr Crockwell explained that the Ministry set up an executive steering committee for the authority ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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Tourism
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A construction worker led a small demonstration to the House of Assembly on Friday to protect Bermudian jobs.
Shawn Dill, formerly employed at the new hospital building project, called for tighter immigration laws to increase opportunities for Bermud...
DATE: Jun 17, 2014
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The developer dumped from the massive $1.7 billion Hamilton waterfront redevelopment wants $156 million in compensation.
Michael MacLean’s Allied Development Partners was stripped of the 262-year Corporation of Hamilton-awarded lease by Government.
A...
DATE: Jun 14, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A charm offensive in Europe is to be launched by Finance Minster Bob Richards.
He is to make a whistle-stop tour of Brussels, the home of the EU, Paris and London to reinforce the Island’s status as a reputable jurisdiction.
Mr Richards said he would...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Struggling construction firms are to get payroll tax breaks in a bid to boost the sector.
Finance Minister Bob Richards said the payroll tax holiday would apply to major projects “of national importance” like new hotels.
“This certainly won’t hurt — ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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