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Mixed-status couples applying for their first home have priority for land licences and have gotten them in under eight weeks in all recorded cases.
Other licence applications for Bermudians married to non-Bermudians may have taken longer due to a “b...
DATE: Dec 03, 2010
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The Uighurs were not mentioned during negotiations between the Chinese and Bermudian governments which resulted in a tax agreement being signed yesterday.Former Premier Ewart Brown who organised the relocation without the knowledge of most of his...
DATE: Dec 03, 2010
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The public needs to support struggling local shops and businesses this Christmas, according to Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards.
While he said overseas shopping trips have almost become a Bermuda tradition, Mr Richards asked for people to gi...
DATE: Dec 03, 2010
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Both Opposition parties yesterday demanded to know when the police/court building will be completed and how much it's going to cost.
Government has not given a progress report since last summer, when Works Minister Derrick Burgess announced it would ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2010
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Government's failure to install CCTV cameras in crime hot-spots is just one example of its lack of “action-oriented leadership,” claims United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley.
According to Sen Dunkley, Bermudians are still concerned about...
DATE: Dec 02, 2010
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The Government has granted the City of Hamilton power to levy wharfage fees for 2011.
Mayor Charles Gosling added that more changes to the Municipalities Act could happen in the future.
Earlier this year the corporation protested against changes to...
DATE: Dec 02, 2010
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Opposition MPs have questioned Government's insistence on providing cars for Cabinet Ministers, after it emerged that Dame Jennifer Smith's own vehicle was converted for official use.
The former Premier said she turned down a car after she was appoin...
DATE: Dec 02, 2010
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With the last feedback from local businesses accepted yesterday at Consumer Affairs, proposed changes to the Consumer Protection Act are now approaching final review.
Changes to the 1999 Act includes include barring the following:
Coercive inducement...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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Premier Paula Cox last night said Bermuda needs to show it is tackling gun violence for the sake of international business and tourism.
Ms Cox said Saturday's double-shooting in St Monica's Road - coupled with the murder of Vaughan Allen in New ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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Economist Robert Stewart says proposed pension increases for retired public sector workers, MPs and senators simply leave the average senior even further behind.The Royal Gazette yesterday.
The average benefit for retired civil servants, police,...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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