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A total of 161 applicants based in Bermuda have applied for 27 jobs listed on a careers site for financial technology firm Bitcarbon, the company’s founder and chief executive said last night.
Cormac Kinney, an American entrepreneur and software desi...
DATE: Dec 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Government has to get its accounts in order after “significant arrears” were found in financial statements covering a seven-year period, the Auditor-General said in a hard-hitting report released yesterday
Heather Thomas said that 34 government o...
DATE: Dec 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Opportunities existed for Bermuda despite tough new rules designed to crack down on international business, senators said yesterday.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said that although Bermuda was at the “top en...
DATE: Dec 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Six further members of watchdog groups to scrutinise public spending were announced in the Senate yesterday.
Members of the Upper House will join MPs in three parliamentary oversight committees to hold ministers and their departments to account in an...
DATE: Dec 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An increase in immigration would boost the island’s struggling retail sector, the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday.
Craig Cannonier said he was alarmed by figures that showed a decline in sales for seven months in a row and insisted action had...
DATE: Dec 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Three watchdog groups to scrutinise public spending will start work in the new year, the Speaker of the House of Assembly said.
The Parliamentary Oversight Committees will hold ministers and their departments to account in an effort to get value for ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Concessions for the Bermudiana Beach Resort have been backed in the House of Assembly.
Zane DeSilva, tourism minister, requested consideration of the Tourism Investment (Bermudiana Beach Resort) Order 2018 during Friday’s session which has now been ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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An education campaign will be rolled out to help local companies understand their responsibilities under new “economic substance” laws.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, admitted work was needed to make sure people know what they must do to ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Interpol and several other agencies provided information to Bermuda’s authorities about Arbitrade, a cryptocurrency exchange and coin company, MPs heard yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier, provided a personal explanation to the House of Assembly to c...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
MPs on both sides of the House of Assembly vowed to stand united against the “bullying” European Union yesterday as they passed new rules designed to get tough on international business.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister claimed the House would...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter