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A change to allow short term residents to rent some vacation rental homes for longer periods has been approved by the House of Assembly.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the Rent Increases (Domestic Premises) Control Temporary Amendme...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Kenneth Richardson, the island’s first Black Cabinet Secretary who served in the role from 1984 to 1993, has died at 82.
Mr Richardson, who had to step down as top civil servant for health reasons, was recalled by Sir John Swan, a former Premier, as ...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
More than $350 million in unpaid taxes and fees is owed to the Government, the Minister of Finance revealed yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson warned that almost half the cash would probably never be collected.
He was responding to questions from Opposition...
DATE: Mar 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government and Opposition sparred into last night over the Budget for the coming fiscal year and the island’s way to economic recovery out of the pandemic.
It came after Cole Simons, the Opposition leader, gave the Reply to the Budget in the Hous...
DATE: Mar 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Almost 100 businesses have applied to be part of Government’s $13m economic stimulus programme aimed at small to medium-sized contractors.
The deadline for submissions for the Short Term Stimulus Programme was February 15 and the responses to the Re...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Travel from Britain to Bermuda will be restricted to people with a valid reason while UK stay at home measures are in force, the Government’s London office said today.
The UK office told Bermudians in Britain that people on their way home from next ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A dedicated task force based in the Cabinet Office will be formed to drive Bermuda’s economic recovery as the pandemic eases , the Premier said today.
David Burt told the House of Assembly that a recovery plan had been devised to renew the economy a...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Government will “press on” with plans for legal cannabis cultivation despite a defeat in the Senate earlier this week.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney General, took aim at independent members of the Upper House and referred to them as “the senators ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A drive to create business opportunities should be launched by the Government, the One Bermuda Alliance said tonight.
Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition and shadow finance minister, said that support was vital, particularly for the young becau...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Opposition’s Reply to the Budget is scheduled to dominate today’s sitting of the House of Assembly.
Cole Simons, the Opposition leader and shadow finance minister, will respond to the 2021-22 Budget delivered last Friday by Curtis Dickinson, the ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
