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The Island’s airport is set to be first to be moved out of Government’s hands, Finance Minister Bob Richards said yesterday.
Mr Richards added that the airport building — some of which dates back to the 1940s — was in serious need of upgrading, but t...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Power firm BELCO’s monopoly on energy supply will be broken, Finance Minister Bob Richards said in his Budget speech.
Mr Richards said the firm’s lack of competition was a contributing factor to the Island’s failure to climb out of the recession.
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DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Bermuda’s banks are a drag on the Island’s recovery from recession, Finance Minister Bob Richards said today.
And he said the sector’s get-tough policy on lending and tiny deposit interest rates were “at odds with Bermuda’s national interests” — and ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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A Bermuda court has ruled that an $18.5 million Singapore arbitration hearing decision is binding on a Bermuda-based conglomerate.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled in Supreme Court that Sampoerna Strategic Holdings had to comply with the order from an...
DATE: Feb 18, 2014
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Foreign firms based in Bermuda should be allowed to buy homes for its top executives, Bermuda’s biggest business group said yesterday.
The proposal was part of Chamber of Commerce’s wish list for the Budget, due to be unveiled by Finance Minister Bo...
DATE: Feb 17, 2014
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New legislation aimed at making it easier to shift Government services to other providers in a bid to save cash is to be tabled in the coming parliamentary session, Finance Minister Bob Richard revealed today.
And he added that Government would be “m...
DATE: Feb 04, 2014
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The soon-to-be revamped Hamilton Princess has signed up a new human resources director.
Jeanette Matthew has joined the team at the iconic hotel as it begins the first stages of a major redevelopment.
Len Czarnecki, general manager of the island’s o...
DATE: Jan 29, 2014
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The updated code of conduct for Civil Servants has been released as part of the SAGE Commission’s major report into Government efficiency.
The code — amended last year under former Premier Paula Cox — refocused on “values and behaviours that underpin...
DATE: Dec 09, 2013
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Marchers who descended on the House of Assembly in a bid to save the closure-threatened Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre in the east end said the service was a vital part of the community.
Raine Burgess, 35, an insurance broker from the area, said: “I h...
DATE: Nov 23, 2013
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The closure-threatened Lamb Foggo Clinic in the east end will stay open, Premier Craig Cannonier pledged today.
Mr Cannonier told a protest march outside the House of Assembly: “For Bermuda we know that this coming year we have many difficult decisi...
DATE: Nov 23, 2013
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