1857 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Former US President Jimmy Carter will address a special joint session of Parliament today.
The ex-Democratic leader of America is expected to highlight the launch of a Bermuda branch of a foundation aimed at providing high-quality housing for lower-i...
DATE: Jun 09, 2000
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Tourism Minister David Allen should throw his hat into the ring for the Premiership, a highly-placed Progressive Labour Party supporter said yesterday.
And the insider added Mr. Allen -- who is white -- was best placed to repair divisions in the comm...
DATE: Jun 08, 2000
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Cabinet Office in the first vote on her leadership since taking over the Country.
And political insiders said Environment Minister Arthur Hodgson stood the best chance of winning support from MPs and PLP branches -- which have a major say in picking ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2000
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
watchdog probing harmful tax jurisdictions, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
And Bermuda can expect to find itself included in an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) list of countries which have shown a high level of compliance ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2000
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A $20,000-plus trip by Government to a major UK/Caribbean conference in London was poor value for money, Shadow Finance Minister Grant Gibbons said last night.
He said: "This represented more than $20,000 to the taxpayer and we really have to ask if ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2000
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Pit bulls bred for dog-fighting change hands for as much as $1,000 each, a Shadow Minister claimed yesterday.
Shadow Environment Minister Gary Pitman said: "There are five illegal litters a week and 12 to 13-year-olds are breeding pit bulls.
"It cost...
DATE: Jun 03, 2000
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Top civil servants John Drinkwater and Stanley Oliver are to move to the Cabinet Office, Premier Jennifer Smith announced yesterday.
And -- as predicted in The Royal Gazette last month -- Mr. Drinkwater will become Cabinet Secretary, while Mr. Oliver...
DATE: Jun 03, 2000
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
jurisdictions, Finance Minister Eugene Cox said yesterday.
And he insisted that Bermuda did not deserve a grade II listing from the Swiss-based Financial Stability Forum -- behind key offshore competitors like Dublin, Hong Kong and Jersey.
Mr. Cox sa...
DATE: Jun 03, 2000
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda-based businessman John Deuss acted as cheerleader for a bid to raise cash from international business for a new Tourism Ministry HQ, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
And it was Mr. Deuss -- not Cabinet Office -- who contacted leading lights in t...
DATE: Jun 02, 2000
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
bitter battle over child custody, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Dr. Peter MacLellan has been ordered to remain in Canada after he was released from prison on a Cnd $200,000 bail by an Ontario judge. He spent about 16 days in a Toronto detention centr...
DATE: May 31, 2000
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor