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Incoming residents will have to pay 35 percent duty on personal items brought in from overseas, up from 25 percent, after a bill was passed in the House of Assembly last night.
While Government said the Customs Tariff Amendment (No 3) Act 2011 would ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
MPs heaped praise on 15 year old Jaret Simmons, this year’s winner of the Tom Pettit Thanksgiving Essay Competition at the House of Assembly yesterday.
“We’re talking about young black boys and people seem to get the impression that the majority are ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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Politics
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Passengers arriving at LF Wade International Airport may soon be able to buy alcohol and cigarettes duty free in the arrivals area.
The Bermuda Airport (Duty Free Sales) Amendment Act allows the creation of a duty free store in the arrivals section o...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
People who dump computers and vehicles face being traced via the item’s serial number and prosecuted under new legislation.
The Waste and Litter Control Amendment Act makes it easier to punish people for illegally dropping litter and dumping househol...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students from Mount Saint Agnes Academy are to sleep in Victoria Park for a night with nothing except the clothes they are wearing.
The youngsters will spend from 7pm to 7am in Victoria Park and are not allowed blankets, pillows, food, drink, cellpho...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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One Bermuda Alliance Senate leader Michael Dunkley has challenged Government to act on its pledges rather than “letting them fall off the radar”.
Senator Dunkley said although there were “a number of good initiatives” included in this year’s Throne S...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Politics
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It doesn’t matter how many job creation programmes Government comes up with, the people of Bermuda have to be ready to work.
This is the view of Senator Michael Dunkley who has spoken out about Bermudians having the wrong attitude to work.
The One B...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Politics
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Several schoolboys are to be disciplined after being involved in a lunchtime fight at the Berkeley Institute.
The fight broke out between the boys, who all go to the school, during the lunch period on Monday. The brawl was “quickly resolved” but Prin...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Young people shouldn’t “find an iron wall in front of them for the rest of their lives” just because they’ve been caught with a spliff.
Government Senator Jonathan Smith said the law shouldn’t come down so hard on young people who have been caught wi...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Politics
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Bermuda’s men are being called to duty by school counsellor Anthony Peets, who is recruiting male mentors to spend time each week with the Island’s boys.
A men-only documentary is on offer at 6.30pm in the Bermuda Institute tonight, to start a no-cha...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
