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Legislators have updated the Revenue Act with a host of provisions which brought it into the 21st Century.
But one key change is that goods brought back into Bermuda will no longer be subject to additional duty.
Currently, goods reimported into Bermu...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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Bermuda has done much to meet international benchmarks for legislatures, but there is still room for improvement, according to Kim Swan of the former United Bermuda Party.
In the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr Swan led the House in a debate on Commo...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermuda Chamber of Commerce division has added its voice to calls for proposed duty rate increases on imported personal items to be scrapped.
The Chamber's Shipping Division has had several meetings in recent weeks as a result of the proposed hike...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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Government’s plan to freeze pension contributions to soften the blow of pay cuts for MPs and workers was rejected by the One Bermuda Alliance last night.
Leader Craig Cannonier dubbed the proposal “a raid on the future”, claiming it would take more t...
DATE: Feb 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Green campaigners have welcomed a finding from the Ombudsman that Government “acted unlawfully” by not conducting a required assessment of the environmental impact of developing Tucker’s Point resort.
Arlene Brock tabled a report in Parliament yester...
DATE: Feb 11, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition MP Louise Jackson has more questions about Government’s handling of the FutureCare health insurance scheme for seniors.
But she was prevented from asking them in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Mrs Jackson explained that she had some ques...
DATE: Feb 11, 2012
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Politics
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Government is considering tying the award of some contracts to hiring unemployed Bermudians, Economy Minister Patrice Minors reported yesterday.
Minister Minors was updating the House of Assembly on progress being made with two Bermuda Economic Devel...
DATE: Feb 11, 2012
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Politics
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Key figures in the fight against gangs are to hold a public forum to explain action they are taking to combat gang culture.
The move was announced in the House of Assembly this morning by National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief, who said he was a...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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Politics
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An initiative to get jobless Bermudians back to work has continued with the award of a cleaning contract for the Dame Lois Browne Evans Building.
Cathy-Ann Symons, unemployed for the last two years, said the programme should get full-time work for tw...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union are close to signing an agreement that could reduce the building cost of hotels, according to Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert.
The Minister said an announcement regarding the decision would be made in due co...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
