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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
More than $6 million was paid in consultancy fees to four professional services firms over 19 months, MPs were told yesterday.
But Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said more than 60 per cent of the cash went to EY under an order from the court...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of 56 recommendations were made under six headings in a report by the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses.
The panel, headed by retired Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller, examined alleged land losses said to have happened “through th...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter