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The replacement of paper with online transactions at the Department of Immigration was slowed by the impact of Covid-19 as well as by old equipment, the labour minister said Friday.
But Jason Hayward told the House of Assembly that the department had...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Mike Sharpe has left “big shoes behind on the track” the Senate heard as the Upper House paid tribute to the Olympian and veteran broadcaster.
Senators praised Mr Sharpe for his contribution to Bermuda following the announcement of his death, aged 65...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermudians will have to wait until next year’s Budget to see if changes to tariff regulations will have financial implications, the Senate was told yesterday.
Adrianna Hodgson, junior finance minister, said amendments to laws bringing the island into...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Police expect to pass a file to prosecutors early next year into the disappearance of a taxpayer-funded $800,000 loan to an American music promoter and his Bermudian employee.
The cash was lent in April 2018 to Anthony Blakey and Danilee Trott, who o...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A heritage trust for the families of people dispossessed of property in Tucker’s Town and St David’s could be funded by the creation a new economic empowerment zone, commissioners suggested.
The scheme’s recommended aims would include the “historical...
DATE: Dec 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A luxury hotel will be given another five years of tax breaks after MPs approved the deal in the House of Assembly.
The Loren at Pink Beach could save up to $3.25 million in occupancy and payroll tax payments through the extension, first granted in 2...
DATE: Dec 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The championing of a single company to bring tidal power energy to Bermuda has been questioned by the Opposition.
Scott Pearman, the shadow home affairs minister, said he would raise the One Bermuda Alliance’s concerns about the Government’s deal wit...
DATE: Dec 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A former director of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs will head a new committee set up to preserve the histories of school scheduled for closure, the education minister has announced.
Diallo Rabain said Heather Whalen would spearhead ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 500-page report by a Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses signalled “the last mile” of a decades-long race, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt highlighted that the document would be difficult for some people to read and was among...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Higher than expected Government revenues this year have been overtaken by pandemic-related expenses, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House that estimated revenues for the year would be $8 mil...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes