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Bermuda is in “a better financial position” than expected earlier in the year, the Premier, David Burt, told the House this morning.
Mr Burt, who is also the Minister of Finance, said that when the Budget was presented in February, revenues for the c...
DATE: Jul 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Legislators highlighted yesterday how social and economic circumstances played a part in leading young people into gang activity.
MPs made passionate pleas for residents to do what they could to help tackle the scourge, when they debated the Criminal...
DATE: Jul 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Pensions payments to seniors are set for a 2.75 per cent boost, with the increase back dated nearly one year, MPs heard yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier and finance minister, told the House of Assembly the rise “fully covers the overall rate of inf...
DATE: Jul 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A number of litigation guardians who represent children in court have now been appointed following months of training.
Tinee Furburt, the Minister for Social Development, made the announcement in the House of Assembly yesterday morning.
She did not s...
DATE: Jul 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Senior citizens will get a 2.75 per cent increase in their pensions, MPs were told in the House of Assembly today
DATE: Jul 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A slew of statements are expected to be made by ministers in the House of Assembly today, including updates on the Government’s financial performance and the island’s economic recovery plan.
The Order of Business also showed that a tourism investment...
DATE: Jul 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A shortage of properties is pushing up rental prices, with increases of as much as 30 per cent in the past 12 months, according to realtors.
Digital nomads moving to Bermuda on one-year residency permits were one reason for the squeeze on the availab...
DATE: Jun 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two Bermuda-based financial technology companies have been praised for hiring Bermudians.
David Burt, the Premier and finance minister, recently visited Bittrex Global and Relm Insurance to meet their Bermudian staff members, according to a statemen...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Government has still not served court papers on an American music promoter in connection with the disappearance of an $800,000 taxpayer-funded loan.
The cash was lent in April 2018 to Anthony Blakey and his Bermudian employee Danilee Trott, who o...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Bermuda will be promoted as an emerging environmentally aware “blue” economy at an international conference aimed at protecting oceans, Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said today.
Mr Roban, who is also the Deputy Premier, is representing the...
DATE: Jun 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
