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Legislation that would impose a fuel tax to burnish St George’s status as a United Nations designated World Heritage site could be approved by MPs today.
The Corporation of St George (UNESCO World Heritage Fund and Levy) Act 2013 will gets its second...
DATE: Sep 27, 2013
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The Attorney General is to review a controversial plan by the cash-strapped Corporation of Hamilton to introduce “aggressive” car clamping and pay-and-display parking tariffs on all roads in the city.
The scheme, which will be phased in from next mon...
DATE: Sep 25, 2013
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United Bermuda Party candidates who declared interest in Government contracts in the 2007 general election failed to do so as One Bermuda Alliance candidates, according to Shadow Finance Minister David Burt.
Addressing the Parliamentary Election Comm...
DATE: Sep 25, 2013
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Parliamentary registrar Randy Scott suggested Government consider creating an Election Commission to help oversee the evolution of the Island’s electoral process.
During yesterday’s first public meeting of the Parliamentary Election Committee, Mr Sco...
DATE: Sep 24, 2013
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Government’s decision to send a Bermuda delegation to a conference in Miami has been branded “a junket on South Beach” by the Opposition.
Premier Craig Cannonier, along with three Ministers and three civil servants, are attending the two-day KPMG Isl...
DATE: Sep 23, 2013
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Environment Minister Sylvan Richards has claimed responsibility for overgrown grounds that greeted students at the start of the school year.
Mr Richards apologised to students, saying recent heavy summer rains had taxed the Parks Department’s resourc...
DATE: Sep 16, 2013
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Government “outsourced” leadership and unpopular decision-making to the SAGE Commission, Opposition MPs charged, during a heated Motion to Adjourn in the House of Assembly last night.
Progressive Labour Party MP Rolfe Commissiong blasted SAGE as an e...
DATE: Sep 14, 2013
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Legislators head to parliament this morning for an extension of the first parliamentary session under the new One Bermuda Alliance Government.
Three sittings will be held this month in a bid to complete Government’s legislative agenda as articulated ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2013
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New legislation cracking down on work permit violations is expected to be tabled in the House of Assembly when Parliament reconvenes on Friday.
The new laws will give the Chief Immigration Officer power to impose a civil penalty of $5,000 for a first...
DATE: Sep 12, 2013
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Opposition leader Marc Bean contends the ruling party’s “minimal legislative agenda” is the sole reason behind three Parliamentary sessions this month before the House reconvenes in November.
However an OBA spokesman described Mr Bean’s comments as “...
DATE: Sep 10, 2013
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