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The Information Commissioner, Gitanjali Gutierrez, has rejected the Government’s plan to charge for public access to information requests
DATE: Feb 22, 2023
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shi-Vaughn Lee claims that customs officials charged her too much in duty for a car she imported and then “threatened” to withhold skincare goods
DATE: Feb 17, 2023
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s new digital bank is set to open between January and March, with the backing of former premier Sir John Swan and family.
Chance Barnett, the chairman and chief strategy officer of Jewel Bank, told The Royal Gazette that the company pushed ba...
DATE: Dec 20, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A businessman pulled from the purchase of a bank after his financial history was revealed cofounded a fintech firm that has been given a licence by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
New York-based Logan Sugarman remains a C-suite executive at Blockchai...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
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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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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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 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 commission into land grabs appointed by the Premier “acted unfairly and unlawfully on a number of fronts” and its findings should be overturned, a court heard.
LeYoni Junos told the Supreme Court that she was challenging the report of the Commissio...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways