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Opposition politician Wayne Furbert helped to set up a company in Bermuda with the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak while he was in Cabinet.
Mr Furbert was financial controller and a director of Mossfon Corporate Services (Bermuda) Li...
DATE: Apr 13, 2016
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Cash-strapped citizens have withdrawn more than $17 million from their workplace pensions since the rules on accessing retirement savings were relaxed.
Hundreds of people have tapped into their pension pots to pay for rent, school fees, mortgages and...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016
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A hairdresser from Bermuda competing in a United States television show says it has been the “best experience in my life, working with the most creative people in the world”.
Tanju Kurt, owner of TK Hair Group, put together the team taking part in ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2016
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Objections have been made about Preserve Marriage’s application to become a charity — though the Bermuda Government will not say how many.
The pressure group, which is opposed to same-sex couples being allowed to wed in Bermuda, is still waiting to h...
DATE: Apr 07, 2016
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The president of Bermuda Bar Association said yesterday that ensuring clients complied with tax obligations in their home countries was “probably not a matter” for the island’s corporate lawyers.
In the wake of the massive Panama Papers data leak, Ri...
DATE: Apr 07, 2016
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Finance minister Bob Richards insisted yesterday that Britain could not “unilaterally tear up Bermuda’s constitution” and impose direct rule on the island to make it obey UK tax law.
He told The Royal Gazette that a suggestion from British Labour Par...
DATE: Apr 06, 2016
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority has disclosed $13 million in external contracts under public access to information legislation.
The deals include $3.6 million on sales, marketing and advertising and $589,000 on public relations, as well as $3.5 million...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Shadow transport minister Lawrence Scott has been suspended from his job as supervisor at JetBlue Airways.
It is understood he was placed on leave by the company while it carries out an investigation into allegations about his conduct.
Mr Scott, 36, ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2016
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Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez has called for the Bermuda Government to reduce the six-week time frame public authorities have to reach a decision on freedom of information requests.
“International best practice is for a decision on ac...
DATE: Mar 31, 2016
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Bermuda’s voters remain evenly split on the issue of whether same-sex marriage should be legalised, according to a survey commissioned by The Royal Gazette.
Respondents were asked in a telephone poll this month if same-sex marriage should be legalise...
DATE: Mar 30, 2016
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