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Opposition Leader Kim Swan said last night that advertising agency GlobalHue appeared to have a "racially tinged" approach to the business of attracting visitors to Bermuda.
The Shadow Tourism Minister described being "mystified and offended" by a cl...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Senate President Carol Anne Bassett has urged Bermudians to cancel their "shopping trips to New Jersey" and start preparing to be hit by the global financial crisis.
She said during an economic debate in the Upper House yesterday that the community r...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Stamp duty exemption for first-time homeowners will be like "manna from heaven", Housing Minister David Burch predicted yesterday.
He told the Senate he was "very pleased and presently surprised" at the proposed financial relief for Bermudians buying...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Nine companies accused of abusing their foreign employees have been told they will get no more work permits issued unless they smarten up their act.
Labour and Immigration Minister David Burch revealed the news today, telling a press conference that ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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The Opposition Senate Leader has called on Government to provide more transparency to taxpayers in an era of recession.
"All Bermudians, and people throughout the world, expect governments to be fiscally responsible and to manage our economy in the b...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Senators have passed a Bill allowing cash seized from criminals to be used to educate the public about drugs and help rehabilitate addicts.
The Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act 2009 releases money from the Confiscated Assets Fund for combating drug ab...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Tim Smith
A large number of US counterfeit $50 notes are circulating the Island after being passed at nightclubs in the City of Hamilton, Police warned today.
Bermuda Police Service are investigating the matter and have urged merchants to look out for US $50 n...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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The public will be asked to comment on a draft freedom of information law in 2009, Attorney General Kim Wilson has promised.
Sen. Wilson told The Royal Gazette that a first draft of the proposed Public Access to Information (PATI) legislation was com...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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Sam Strangeways
More than 200 people have expressed an interest in becoming volunteers for the Mirrors programme after Government kicked off a recruitment drive earlier this week.
The Social Rehabilitation Ministry handed out 1,800 brochures encouraging people to ge...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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