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Bermuda's offshore competitor the Cayman Islands has dismissed claims the British colony would opt for independence rather than open the records of its banking system to outside scrutiny.
The Caymanian Compass newspaper quoted "a high level Cayman go...
DATE: Feb 11, 1999
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A new deal for business should speed up the start-up time for international companies which want to base themselves in Bermuda.
And a twin-pronged approach by the Ministers of Finance and Immigration is expected to synchronise company incorporation w...
DATE: Feb 05, 1999
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moves too far towards linking its currency to that of the European Union (EU), according to a report in the London Daily Telegraph .
A former treasury Minister, David Cannan, has tabled a motion in the Tynwald, the Isle of Man's parliament. The motio...
DATE: Jan 25, 1999
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well established as the preferred form of democracy in most current and former British colonies.
Two recent landslide election results in the Caribbean demonstrate the system's weaknesses more than its strengths.
The governing parties in Barbados and...
DATE: Jan 23, 1999
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Premier Jennifer Smith's speech to the International Division of the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday.
Her promises to speed up processing of work permits, work closely with new companies on their employment needs and to improve awareness of the import...
DATE: Jan 21, 1999
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The Cayman Islands is considering Independence, rather than bow down to the pressures from the Group of Seven countries and the United Kingdom to open its bank records to international scrutiny.
The Caymans are under the same pressure as Bermuda from...
DATE: Jan 20, 1999
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treated unfairly in the courts and that would not change until there were black judges on the Bench. The Bench is now virtually all black and we still have the complaints about excessive incarceration of blacks, especially young blacks, and we still ...
DATE: Dec 11, 1998
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journalistic frontline, David White says he's seen it all By Raymond Hainey David White's father had to pay The Royal Gazette to take him on as a summer student in the 1950s.
Now, 45 years later, Mr. White is leaving Par-la-Ville Road after more tha...
DATE: Dec 11, 1998
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After 30 years in power, the United Bermuda Party was relegated to the Opposition benches in November's watershed general election. Now, party leader Pamela Gordon, along with the tattered remains of the once-formidable party, face the challenge of r...
DATE: Dec 10, 1998
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Party.
And a new label and logo could be part of the rebuilding programme embarked on by the party in the wake of its hammering at the polls last month.
Opposition leader Pamela Gordon said: "We have to address the suggestions which have been made --...
DATE: Dec 08, 1998
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