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US president Joe Biden’s branding of Bermuda as a tax haven was “unfortunate as much as it was untrue”, the finance minister has said.
Mr Biden has mentioned the island’s status as a low tax jurisdiction several times since he took office earlier thi...
DATE: May 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man involved in a police chase could be banned from the roads after pleading guilty to dangerous driving.
Adam King, 41, appeared before Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to several traffic offences including dangerous driving – an offence...
DATE: May 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A charity dedicated to the welfare of women got a $3,500 cash boost from the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club this week.
The Women’s Resource Centre were given the cash after the hotel raised funds during Women’s Month in March.
The hotel raised $1,7...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A virtual career fair to highlight maritime careers is to be held next month.
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute event, on June 8, will give middle and secondary school pupils and college students a chance to learn more about a range of car...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A section of a main commuter road will be reduced to a single lane for two months for repairs to a wall.
The Ministry of Public Works said that work on Harbour Road, Paget, near Lovers Lane, will start on June 7 and continue until August 6.
Work will...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
People suffering hardship because of coronavirus pandemic can withdraw an extra $6,000 from their pension funds, the finance minister announced yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said he had “wrestled with the decision” to allow people another round of acc...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A claim that the Ministry of Finance owed a sanitation firm more than $900,000 for clean-up work at Morgan’s Point has been thrown out by a judge.
Hunt’s Sanitation Services, run by Nelson Hunt, claimed it was owned $908,766 for remediation and clean...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A trade union has backed down in its battle with Government over a controversial change to labour law to allow non-unionised workers to vote on decertification.
The row broke out after legislation was passed at the start of the year that allowed non...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The man behind the programme designed to allow larger gatherings and help restart tourism has moved to ease concerns over the scheme.
Denis Pitcher, the Government’s fintech adviser, who created the programme free of charge, said he was inspired by M...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A naturalist has warned against the use of rat poisons that could kill off the barn owls that prey on them.
David Wingate said that anticoagulant poisons that caused internal bleeding in rats had also killed owls that ate them.
He added that the use ...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson