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The sea change in Bermuda's tax regime kicks in later this decade but legislators this month agreed to the move
DATE: Jan 01, 2024
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Jonathan Bell
The community witnessed an uncommon and controversial example of the parliamentary process in action in December.
As legislators planned to debate the people’s business on December 2, MPs got abruptly put on notice by the Speaker of the House.
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DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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Jonathan Bell
February came with a shiver on the 14th with the resignation out of the blue of Curtis Dickinson as the Minister of Finance.
The move roiled the Progressive Labour Party government right at the home stretch to the 2022-23 Budget.
A congenial figure, ...
DATE: Jan 01, 2023
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Jonathan Bell
It was a landmark moment for Bermuda after the island had endured ten months of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
The island’s first batch of 9,750 doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus touched down from the UK just eight days into the new year.
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DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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Jonathan Bell
February meant the Budget for 2021-22 and all eyes trained on Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, as he unveiled the first pandemic Budget.
The document was short on good news, but there was a promise to get the country back to a Budget surplu...
DATE: Dec 31, 2021
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Jonathan Bell
The disappearance of 26-year-old Chavelle Dillon-Burgess dominated headlines in May after police appealed to the public for help at the start of the month.
Friends, family and concerned members of the public scoured the island for the mother of an 18...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Renewed outbreaks of the coronavirus cast a pall over the final month of 2020, when the island lost its tenth person to the pandemic – the first death since May.
December brought a quiet festive season after a jump in coronavirus numbers sparked a re...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Year in Review
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell