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Government has refused to share with the public the contents of a letter from the British Prime Minister warning Bermuda to be more tax transparent — or the Island's reply.
Gordon Brown sent individual letters to several British overseas territories ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2009
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Government has refused to share with the public the contents of a letter from the British Prime Minister warning Bermuda to be more tax transparent — or the Island's reply.
Gordon Brown sent individual letters to several British overseas territories ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2009
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Parents have called a public meeting tomorrow night to protest at the axing of the Ashay: Rites of Passage programme in the Island's middle schools.
The African studies subject has been taught at Dellwood Middle School since 2004 and has appeared on ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson has criticised Government again over its scaled-down FutureCare health insurance plan, which she claimed yesterday had disenfranchised thousands of seniors.
She hit out at Health Minister Nelson Bascome's stateme...
DATE: Apr 15, 2009
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Commercial litigator Kiernan Bell has been elected the new president of the Bermuda Bar Association.
The Appleby partner replaced Rod Attride-Stirling as president at the association's annual general meeting last Thursday.
Former vice president Ms Be...
DATE: Apr 14, 2009
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"Right-thinking people" will appreciate why only a minority of seniors can benefit from FutureCare in its first year, according to Health Minister Nelson Bascome.
The Government MP said that the interest shown by pensioners in enrolling in the new lo...
DATE: Apr 13, 2009
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Parliamentarians from around the world have arrived in Bermuda for a six-day meeting at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
The Island is hosting the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's (CPA) mid-year executive meeting for the first time from today ...
DATE: Apr 13, 2009
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A divorce lawyer who appropriated child maintenance payments from a father to pay off legal fees owed to her by his ex-wife did not misuse the funds, a judge ruled yesterday.
Keren Lomas was found by a magistrate last year to have improperly used mor...
DATE: Apr 09, 2009
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A government whistle-blower told a court yesterday that her professional reputation was destroyed and she faced losing her home after she was fired on the orders of Premier Ewart Brown.
LeYoni Junos, representing herself, alleged in Supreme Court tha...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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A US firm hired by the Department of Tourism to plan its African Diaspora Heritage Trail (ADHT) conferences made "completely false representations" which were "unauthorised and contrary to law" in order to raise funds.
That was the view of lawyer Bal...
DATE: Apr 08, 2009
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