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The top prosecutor’s appointment as a judge was held up for 16 months as a nine-year police investigation continued against a former premier, it was revealed yesterday.
Work on a case against Ewart Brown kept Larry Mussenden, the former Director of P...
DATE: Dec 11, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senators focused on the increase in positive coronavirus cases during their session yesterday.
During the Motion to Adjourn, Ernest Peets, Senate Leader and Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports, gave thanks to the staff members of Bermuda Hospitals...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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Politics
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It would be “almost suicidal” for the Government to collect less land tax from the public after the financial hit it has incurred as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Michelle Simmons, Vice President of the Senate, said reductions in rental prices ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two leading lawyers will discuss the key role of Magna Carta in the rule of law at a talk at the Bermuda National Gallery tomorrow.
The talk, by Ben Adamson and Saul Dismont, will follow the unveiling of a limited edition reproduction of the Magna Ca...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Bermuda cannot relax its management of Government finances despite a successful debt issue of $1.35 billion this summer, the finance minister warned today.
Curtis Dickinson told the House of Assembly that the Government took on $520 million in new l...
DATE: Dec 05, 2020
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Politics
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The Premier today released details of costs for Government and Opposition personal staff for the last financial year.
The top earner was Owen Darrell, David Burt’s Chief of Staff, on $127,619 a year in 2019-20.
Mr Burt’s other expenses included a hou...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Government Senator claimed yesterday that the transfer of the L Frederick Wade International Airport to a public private partnership was directly connected to the financial struggles some Bermudians are facing now.
Owen Darrell, the junior minist...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
If Kathy Lynn Simmons has her way, the image of civil servants as paper-pushing bureaucrats will be a thing of the past by 2023.
The Attorney General said that the Government aimed to be a paperless organisation in three years’ time, with all forms ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, has pledged to support the UK Overseas Territories in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Johnson last week joined David Burt, the Premier, and representatives from other Overseas Territories at a Joint Mini...
DATE: Dec 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new limited duration test licence for digital asset businesses is expected to be introduced after legislation was passed in the House of Assembly last Friday.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said that research carried out by the Bermuda ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
