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DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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Government ministers took aim at the One Bermuda Alliance’s Reply to the Budget last night.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said that it was easy to simply call for cost cuts, but much more difficult when the human impact was weighed.
Mr D...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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The Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission is in talks with three locals banks as it attempts to get the island’s fledgeling casino industry off the ground, finance minister Curtis Dickinson said yesterday.
Mr Dickinson told Parliament the commission is tr...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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Legislation implementing budgetary steps laid out by Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, has been tabled to go into effect later this year.
The Land Tax Amendment Bill 2019, tabled yesterday in the House, will come into effect on July 1, 2019 if ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Mayor of Hamilton warned the Government could be hit with a large compensation bill if it passes legislation transforming Bermuda’s municipalities into quangos.
Charles Gosling was speaking after Walter Roban, Minister of Home Affairs, tabled the...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Community members staged a demonstration against “inadequate” sentencing and rehabilitation for sex offenders yesterday.
The hourlong action outside the House of Assembly came two days after David Minors, a former government road safety officer, was ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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Bermuda’s emergency volunteer organisations are joining forces to boost recruitment and retention in an age when fewer people are giving back.
The Bermuda Police Reserves hosted a round-table discussion with the Royal Bermuda Regiment and St John Am...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Boosting the working population with more foreigners would help ease financial pressures on Bermudians, the Opposition claimed yesterday.
The One Bermuda Alliance said the island needs an attractive immigration policy and expected to see the controve...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A committee investigating a clash between protesters and police outside the House of Assembly has been granted a three-month extension.
The Parliamentary Joint Select Committee, headed by Progressive Labour Party backbencher Kim Swan, was set up in J...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man found dead in his home in Sandys was named by police yesterday as Javon Gardner.
Mr Gardner, 41, was discovered in an unresponsive state by a family member at his address at Malabar Close, on Thursday, at about 11.15am.
He was pronounced dead a...
DATE: Mar 02, 2019
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