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Bermuda’s nascent fintech sector has experienced its fair share of failures in the past four years and is now feeling the effects of the high-profile collapse of FTX, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange. Sam Strangeways reports on ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An Australian cryptocurrency executive extradited to the United States from Bermuda has been sentenced to a year’s probation and a $150,000 fine after he admitted breaching an anti-money laundering law.
Gregory Dwyer, 39, who was head of business dev...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s fintech sector is small but thriving under the watchful gaze of the island’s financial regulator, according to industry professionals.
The Royal Gazette spoke with many of the 16 companies licensed under the Digital Asset Business Act 2...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Vance Campbell said today he was looking forward to being consulted on the appointment of a new chief executive for the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The Minister of Tourism was asked at a press conference when he expected the successful candidate for t...
DATE: Nov 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A couple whose cruise to Bermuda was cancelled because of a tropical storm had to wait five months to get a refund of their Travel Authorisation fees from the Government.
Rob Butler, who was due to visit the island with his wife, Jean, in June, said ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez is to challenge a court ruling which found that she did not have the right to examine all records held by public authorities.
The judgment, issued by Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams at the start of this...
DATE: Nov 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A government health clinic which was shut down after sewage from a neighbouring property was pumped into the building’s drinking water tank will not fully reopen this year.
The Hamilton Health Clinic, at 67 Victoria Street, closed down after the cont...
DATE: Oct 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has refused to share the job advertisement for its vacant chief executive position — or say how many internal applicants have applied for the six-figure salary post.
The publicly funded quango said last month it would fi...
DATE: Oct 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A raft of decisions made by Bermuda’s employment tribunal have finally been made public — more than a year after a change in the law required their disclosure.
But the parties involved in the disputes have been anonymised, meaning employers found to ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A serving police officer remains suspended on full pay after being arrested for an alleged criminal offence two months ago.
Darrin Simons, the Commissioner of Police, told The Royal Gazette yesterday that the male officer was arrested on July 28 and ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways