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Legislation to pave the way for casino gaming and a bill to halve the cost of liquor licences are expected to be debated by the House of Assembly today.
The two pieces of gaming legislation – tabled in March – were designed to lay more groundwork for...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The acting US Consul General has left the island after just three months in the post, it was announced today.
Alan Purcell, a career diplomat, came to Bermuda at the end of January after the election of Democrat Joe Biden as US president.
It is under...
DATE: May 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A former leader of the Progressive Labour Party called yesterday for a palace coup by MPs to topple the Premier in a protest over Covid-19 restrictions.
Marc Bean, now the leader of the Free Democratic Movement, said action had to be take to remove a...
DATE: May 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Ratings agency Standard & Poors has reaffirmed Bermuda’s A+ sovereign credit and long and short term debt ratings, the finance minister announced last night.
The reaffirmation of Bermuda's A+ long-term sovereign credit and senior unsecured debt rati...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
The Ministry of Finance has said it needs more time to respond to a request for records on a multimillion-dollar contract awarded to an unlicensed debt collection company.
Oarrs Inc was awarded the contract to manage a claw back of almost $75 million...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Government has launched an inquiry into how a private company which did not have a debt collection licence was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to recoup unpaid land tax.
A government spokeswoman said last night that the Department of Consu...
DATE: Apr 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Cashier services at a Government building are to restart tomorrow.
Money-handling staff will return to work to take payments at the Government Administration Building on Parliament Street, which is also home to the Department of Social Insurance.
Cas...
DATE: Apr 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A company awarded a multimillion-dollar government contract to claw back land tax arrears does not have a debt collection licence, The Royal Gazette has confirmed.
A new law, which came into force at the start of last year, ruled that anyone “pursui...
DATE: Apr 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
David Burt, the Premier, was tonight accused by the Opposition of stoking “real tension in the community” over perceptions of unequal treatment during the coronavirus pandemic.
Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, called for “fairness and ac...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Licensed farmers and fishermen were back out selling their produce by the roadside over the weekend after Covid-19 restrictions were relaxed.
At a press conference on Friday, the Government announced changes to Covid-19 regulations that allowed...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
