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Senators welcomed the creation of ‘one-stop centres’ for telecommunications services as they passed two bills reforming the industry.
Progressive Labour Party Senator Diallo Rabain said residents would now be able to get all their Internet needs from...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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Businesses will benefit from scrapping a rule forcing them to hold annual general meetings, Senators agreed as they passed legislation designed to help entrepreneurs.
Government Senator Vince Ingham said the move, as part of the Companies Amendment (...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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Bills modernising Bermuda’s insurance and investment sectors were approved by the Senate yesterday.
The Insurance Amendment Act helps ensure the Island complies with the European Union’s Solvency II Directive; the Bermuda Monetary Authority (Regulato...
DATE: Dec 15, 2011
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Government needs to finally confront the tougher factors behind the Island’s gang violence problems, MPs claimed in the House of Assembly.
Progressive Labour Party backbencher Ashfield DeVent said Bermuda needs a “real dose of honesty” as he implored...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Tim Smith
Former Premier Alex Scott urged his Parliamentary colleagues to ensure the Horton Committee’s report mirrors the success of the Pitt Commission by helping bring gun violence to an end.
In an impassioned House of Assembly speech, Mr Scott said the ans...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Tim Smith
Anti-violence committee chairman Randy Horton issued a rallying cry for Bermuda to rescue its young men from their deadly spiral.
“We have to find a way to save our young men,” said Mr Horton as he kicked off a House of Assembly debate on the gun vio...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Tim Smith
A succession of Government MPs praised a move to set up a ‘Google Earth’ style register of all land in Bermuda.
Members including former Premier Dame Jennifer Smith, backbencher Dennis Lister and Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the Land Title Regis...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Tim Smith
One Bermuda Alliance has declared itself supportive of Government’s Energy White Paper, but in the House of Assembly on Monday night argued it was overdue.
Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons said the strategic objectives of the policy were worth...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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Tim Smith
Residents need to change their approach to energy to avoid falling victim to fuel poverty as prices continue to rocket, Environment Minister Marc Bean said last night.
Mr Bean noted more and more people are feeling the knock-on effect of rising globa...
DATE: Dec 13, 2011
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Tim Smith
Transport Minister Derrick Burgess and his predecessor Terry Lister last night dismissed suggestions Government picked on Paget and Warwick residents for a price hike.
The Progressive Labour Party duo took issue with One Bermuda Alliance MPs for Page...
DATE: Dec 13, 2011
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Tim Smith
