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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, ...
DATE: Jul 12, 2010
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The parliamentary committee which scrutinises public spending released a damning report on Government yesterday — but Finance Minister Paula Cox was quick to rebut the criticism.
The Deputy Premier said she was taking the "unprecedented" step of repl...
DATE: Jul 10, 2010
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A young father is recovering in hospital after what he claims was an unprovoked attack by a Police detective which allegedly included a kick in the face and left him “spitting out blood”.
Troy Smith suffered a broken nose, two broken cheekbones, a br...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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The Auditor General has been given full access again to Government's computerised financial system — but is seeking legal advice on comments made yesterday by Financial Secretary Donald Scott.
Heather Jacobs Matthews claimed on Wednesday she had been...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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Plans to establish a self-regulating media council have received backing from a dozen media outlets.
The initiative was launched in May by a media working group, comprised of Inter-Island Communications, DeFontes Broadcasting, Bermuda Broadcasting, t...
DATE: Jul 09, 2010
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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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