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Premier Jennifer Smith yesterday announced that fiscal offences -- which would cover tax evasion -- will be added to the Proceeds of Crime Act. And Bermuda has also tightened up the wording of its tax agreement with the US, it was revealed yesterday....

The French have opened fire on dodgy offshore jurisdictions with a warning shot on financial standards. And French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn called for a boycott of tax havens if they fail to toe the line on financial regulation. Mr. St...

Jet skiers could get insurance breaks if they sign up for water safety courses, it was revealed yesterday. But if voluntary measures do not work, restrictions on engine size and operations could be coming over the horizon. Water Safety Council chief ...

owner, it was revealed yesterday. For the US State Department has accepted a multi-million dollar bid from a mystery private buyer for the Paget mansion and its 14 acres. Now preliminary papers have been signed, although the deal is not yet sealed --...

Works and Engineering Minister Alex Scott yesterday said Government had never considered a straight swap of America's Consul General's Chelston mansion for responsibility for Longbird Bridge. Mr. Scott said: "I have not mooted the notion of a physica...

throat of an American tourist on Tuesday have arrested a suspect. The 56-year-old taxi driver was apprehended in Dockyard around 12.30 p.m. yesterday after the incident at Horseshoe Bay on Tuesday afternoon. The man was taken to Somerset Police Stati...

Furious fishermen yesterday claimed Government handed out around a dozen new commercial licences -- but did not tell anyone they were going to do it. And last night one man -- who forked out a small fortune to buy an existing licence -- slammed the $...

standards on medical labs. The Act -- which caused a major row over racism in medicine in the House of Assembly -- is designed to ensure any private provider of medical tests, like breast screening and blood work, has met Government-set minimum stand...

fisherman Carlton Hunt. He pulled in the massive fish after a battle off North Shore -- and an unsuccessful trip out to sea. Mr. Hunt, of Devonshire, said: "I hadn't caught anything and was just about to go when it bit. I couldn't believe it when I p...

mansion last night appeared to be ruled out. Acting US Consul General Sylvia Hammond said: "That is not the way the US Government normally handles such matters when it places diplomatic property up for sale. "I can't think of any recent case where we...