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A former Progressive Labour Party MP has dismissed speculation that the Government is pressing ahead with Independence.
Instead, Rolfe Commissiong insisted that David Burt, the Premier, had instigated a “cynical political marketing exercise” while “k...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A businessman pulled from the purchase of a bank after his financial history was revealed cofounded a fintech firm that has been given a licence by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
New York-based Logan Sugarman remains a C-suite executive at Blockchai...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s nascent fintech sector has experienced its fair share of failures in the past four years and is now feeling the effects of the high-profile collapse of FTX, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange. Sam Strangeways reports on ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An Australian cryptocurrency executive extradited to the United States from Bermuda has been sentenced to a year’s probation and a $150,000 fine after he admitted breaching an anti-money laundering law.
Gregory Dwyer, 39, who was head of business dev...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s fintech sector is small but thriving under the watchful gaze of the island’s financial regulator, according to industry professionals.
The Royal Gazette spoke with many of the 16 companies licensed under the Digital Asset Business Act 2...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Taxpayers have still not been told the cost of half-a-dozen trips abroad by David Burt and Cabinet ministers this year despite the Government pledging to “continuously update” the public on the price of such visits.
The Premier has yet to reveal how...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A community youth programme in Pembroke benefited from a $2,000 donation from their area MP this morning.
Michael Weeks made the donation to Boulevard Blazers Youth Programme, a youth group that includes football clubs and mentorship for young peopl...
DATE: Dec 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Britain’s refusal to allow Bermuda to liberalise its cannabis laws has been branded a “colonial-style intervention” in the UK’s most famous newspaper.
An article in The Times by lawyers Charles Kuhn and Gabriella Bligh claimed the decision by London...
DATE: Dec 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
About a third of the $22 million being spent on an emergency stabilisation programme at Tynes Bay is going to Bermudian firms and workers, the Government has said.
Some 70 per cent of the funds are being spent on overseas companies and experts, with ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The opposition One Bermuda Alliance will keep pushing to have a Government contract for a Covid-19 test booking system tabled in the House of Assembly.
Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of Health, said that he had been asking for details about the...
DATE: Dec 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan