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Government has postponed legislation tackling fake trusts set up to front for non-Bermudians illegally acquiring land.
The withdrawal follows fears from trust lawyers that the changes would have had unintended consequences for innocent Bermudians by ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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The new reigning Gingerbread champions were announced on Monday.
Fourteen entries competed for honours in the Elbow Beach Gingerbread House Competition with Jennifer Simmons capturing the Adult Amateur title, Georgina and Luke Bell winning the Child ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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A bill modernising company law with lower administrative costs, less red-tape, and more electronic filing was passed with all-party blessing yesterday.
Finance Minister Paula Cox said the Companies Amendment Act 2006 would ensure Bermuda-based busine...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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The freshening up of legislation over adoptions in Bermuda has won approval from the Senate. The first update of the laws governing adoption since 1963 is an attempt to bring the Island into line with international standards on the issue.
Changes inc...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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Premier Ewart Brown has spoken of a ?spirited discussion? he held with more than 250 black male students at Berkeley Institute.
The Premier, who visited the school as part of an effort to find out the concerns of the community, talked with the youngs...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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[box] The funds to be covered will include partnerships as well as mutual fund companies and unit trusts. To date partnerships have not been covered and this gap has now been addressed.
[box] There is a new class of funds to be known as the administe...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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Fears that the six-year work permit limit rule will damage Bermuda’s international economy were last night dismissed as “utter nonsense” by Labour and Immigration Minister Derrick Burgess.
Hundreds of guest workers who have worked in Bermuda for six ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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The Government could miss out on a cash windfall by selling land earmarked for affordable homes to a private developer, it was claimed yesterday.
Trinity Construction Limited is planning to build 18 three-bedroom and 36 two-bedroom homes which can se...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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Rebuilding the hospital on the current site is the preferred option Health Minister Nelson Bascome revealed yesterday.
He said the current site had some relatively new elements which could be incorporated into the design.
Government had controversial...
DATE: Dec 13, 2006
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Cash machine users are being warned about a hoax e-mail which falsely claims to contain information about a plan to snare robbers.
The message, which has been circulated among thousands of people across the world, states that Police have set up an op...
DATE: Dec 13, 2006
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