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The pink ferry route 100 percent fare hike is to be scaled back to a more modest 25 percent increase.
Amendments to the Marine Board (Ferry Services Fares) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2011 proposing the change were tabled in the House of Assembly on...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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A total fee reduction of about $500,000 is in line for Class 3A insurers in an effort to retain Bermuda’s competitiveness.
MPs passed the Bermuda Monetary Authority (Regulatory Fees) Amendment Act, which sets out a new structure of fees for that grou...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A series of law changes to make life easier for small businesses have passed through the House of.
Companies will have more options over how they lay financial statements, as a result of the Companies Amendment (No 2) Act, which gained approval from ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government is enforcing an ‘economic embargo’ on imported carrots in a move to protect local farmers, Environment Minister Marc Bean announced.
Fresh, treated carrots, including peeled, shredded and baby carrots, will only be allowed into the Island ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Work on the implementation strategies for the National Health Plan kicked off recently at the Health Financing Summit, Health Minister Zane DeSilva reported to the House of Assembly on Friday.
Minister DeSilva told the House that some 115 stakeholder...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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A drop in public school enrolment figures is not surprising to the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance. But 2010 student enrolment figures released by the Statistics department in the Census Report appear to be at odds with the Ministry of Education’s ow...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Parliament has approved the creation of specified jurisdiction funds a new class of funds which could incorporate the laws of another jurisdiction.
The measure, which was steered through the House of Assembly by Business Development and Tourism Minis...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Wheelchair access on buses is the focus of a policy document being put together by the Department of Public Transportation
Transport Minister Derrick Burgess said all bus operators, supervisors and managers have been given a memo outlining a step by...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda must rise to the international challenges of the insurance industry or hardworking Bermudians will face the consequences, Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox warned.
Rival jurisdictions are now competing with the Island for businesses, cap...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government is obstructing the Auditor General from doing her job as it doesn’t want people to find out how it’s handling the public purse, the Opposition claimed last night.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards suggested the Audit Committee is trying...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
