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Restaurant-goers in Bermuda can now check hygiene and food safety standards at their favourite eating-out spots after health watchdogs decided to go public with results of health inspections at food service outlets.
The “grades on licences” scheme wa...
DATE: Nov 30, 2017
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Critics at home and overseas continued yesterday to pour scorn over a plan to bring the island’s casino regulatory body under ministerial control.
The Casino Gaming Amendment Act 2017, expected to be debated and approved in Parliament early next mont...
DATE: Nov 24, 2017
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The executive director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission quit his job after he decided the island’s leaders lacked the “political will” to keep the industry corruption-free.
Richard Schuetz, in a letter to commission chairman Alan Dunch seen by...
DATE: Nov 23, 2017
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The Government will not withdraw its controversial plan to bring the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission under ministerial control, tourism minister Jamahl Simmons said yesterday.
Mr Simmons, moments after Cheryl-Ann Mapp was announced as the new commis...
DATE: Nov 22, 2017
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The neighbours of Bermuda’s biggest dairy farm will get the chance to air complaints about what they claim is an “unbearable” cow manure smell and “epidemic” fly problem at a meeting tomorrow.
Disgruntled residents who live near Green Land Dairy Far...
DATE: Nov 20, 2017
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Under-fire gaming chief Alan Dunch has quit his post, days after the Government tabled legislation to oust him and place the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission under ministerial control.
Mr Dunch told tourism minister Jamahl Simmons in a letter sent la...
DATE: Nov 16, 2017
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A lack of regulation for betting shops could raise red flags when the island’s anti-money laundering measures are investigated by overseas experts next year.
Correspondence shared with The Royal Gazette reveals that warnings about the absence of con...
DATE: Nov 14, 2017
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A five-kilometre walk and run in memory of former premier David Saul will take place next month, with funds raised going to Family Centre.
Dr Saul’s family, including his widow, Christine, the couple’s two children and two of their grandchildren, wil...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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The outgoing executive director of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission has been cleared after an investigation into his travel expenses when he worked as a gambling commissioner in California.
The Fair Political Practices Commission closed the case ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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The Government has been ordered to pay costs to the couple who won the right for gay people to marry in Bermuda.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons ruled that all of Winston Godwin and Greg DeRoche’s legal costs should be paid in relation to their cla...
DATE: Sep 28, 2017
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