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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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
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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Politics
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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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Politics
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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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Politics
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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
Auditor General Heather Matthews says she’s been unable to make her reports public because the Audit Committee has not been performing its functions during 2011.
Mrs Matthews wrote to House of Assembly Speaker Stanley Lowe saying the Committee, which...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Far-reaching telecommunications reform proposals went before the House of Assembly as Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Marc Bean introduced two “inextricably linked” bills aimed at replacing decades-old legislation.
Between them, the...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
