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A shake-up of the One Bermuda Alliance shadow cabinet has been unveiled by the party’s leader.
The move by Cole Simons comes just before the Government is to set out its plans for the year ahead with Friday’s Throne Speech.
In the partial reshuffle o...
DATE: Nov 03, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Workers have complained they are being taken advantage of through “precarious" contracts which labelled them as independent contractors, the labour minister said yesterday.
Jason Hayward added people were worried that some businesses had used the eco...
DATE: Nov 03, 2021
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Politics
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Bermuda is on a “glide path” to a small budget surplus by 2023-24, the finance minister said yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson added the country’s last round of borrowing was calculated to last until that financial year.
Mr Dickinson said: “We have borrowe...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has described the latest employment statistics as “horrifying but not unexpected”.
Jarion Richardson, the shadow labour minister, spoke out following the release of a report showing that the economy shed 1,900 jobs...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
David Burt last night warned of rising prices, global challenges and the increasing toll of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying “things will get worse before they get better”.
Speaking at the 56th annual Progressive Labour Party Delegates Conference, the ...
DATE: Oct 28, 2021
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Politics
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Legislation which will enable hundreds of people born to a parent from a British Overseas Territory to obtain British citizenship is being scrutinised by MPs in the UK Parliament.
The Nationality and Borders Bill, tabled in July in the House of Commo...
DATE: Oct 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A global agreement on minimum corporate tax rates has approved an exclusion for the island’s international insurance industry.
Curtis Dickinson, the minister of finance welcomed the carve-out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developm...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Amendments to ensure that sitting Members of Parliament cannot sit on the Casino Gaming Commission were given the green light in the Senate.
Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, said the previous legislation had implied that MPs ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Reforms to help the unemployed find a way back to work were given the green light by the Senate.
The Financial Assistance Amendment Act, tabled in the Senate by senator Arianna Hodgson, will introduce the creation of employment plans for the able-bod...
DATE: Oct 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An amendment designed to ban three and four-wheeled vehicles used for guided tours from national parks was backed by the Senate yesterday.
The move by Marcus Jones, an Opposition senator, came as the Upper House debated the Motor Car (Liveries) Act, ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan