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A watchdog to regulate lawyers and accountants to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism in Bermuda is to be formed.
The board will be set up under the Proceeds of Crime Regulations (Supervision and Enforcement) Amendment Act 2010, w...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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Exempt companies are to be permitted to buy residential units on hotel properties, Government announced this evening.
Finance Minister Paula Cox said the idea behind the policy change was to enhance the development of the hotel sector.
She said the C...
DATE: Jul 08, 2010
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The number of firearm incidents reported to Police in 2010 has reached 110 — eleven times the figure for the whole of 2007.
The depressing statistic was recorded on Tuesday night, when gunshots rang out in the White Hill area of Sandys parish shortly...
DATE: Jul 08, 2010
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An application for permission to acquire property has been made in connection with a home once at the centre of a fraud investigation into "fronting".
Church Bay Trust Company Limited, as trustee of The Labrador Trust, has applied to the Housing Mini...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown is in South Africa for the World Cup final — meaning he will miss one of the last House of Assembly sittings before MPs break for the summer.
The Island's elected politicians still have to debate several important bills before the...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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Warwick Academy students opted to clean up two beaches and survey the sands for debris and tar instead of having an end-of-year picnic.
The year 12 pupils worked with Greenrock and Keep Bermuda Beautiful on the project, which will go towards their In...
DATE: Jul 07, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown told customs officers that all Cabinet Ministers should be given "due respect" and informed if packages sent to them need to be searched.
According to the minutes of a meeting he attended with customs officers last month: "He sugg...
DATE: Jul 06, 2010
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A retired senior British Police officer has been brought to Bermuda to lead the charge against gangs and gun crime for the next two years.
David Mirfield, 51, who retired as a chief superintendent with West Midlands Police in April, has been named as...
DATE: Jul 03, 2010
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A member of Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD) has decided to complete his military service — and has been kicked out of the campaign group as a result.
Father-of-one Shannon Adderley, 28, told The Royal Gazette he risked losing his job as a customs ...
DATE: Jul 02, 2010
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A treaty between America and Bermuda aimed at tackling money launderers, drug traffickers and terrorists has been sent to the US Senate for approval by President Barack Obama.
The agreement means the two countries will assist each other in criminal m...
DATE: Jul 01, 2010
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