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Failure to update how official inflation figures are measured for nearly a decade has left the information “meaningless”, a former finance minister has warned.
Bob Richards, the finance minister for One Bermuda Alliance between 2012 and 2017, dismiss...
DATE: Jun 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Parts of national parks are under threat from controversial moves to allow three-wheeler tour guide vehicles into the green spaces, the Opposition has insisted.
The One Bermuda Alliance and the Government clashed yesterday on the issue of whether min...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Sunset and sunrise ceremonies will be allowed for the first time for civil marriages and domestic partnerships under new rules approved by the Senate yesterday.
At present, the official couplings can only take place between 10am and 4pm.
This will no...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Michael Dunkley, the shadow national security minister, has accused the Government of using its push to legalise cannabis as a way of creating “friction” with London.
The former premier said the legislation was aimed at “picking a fight” with Britain...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A government minister has said he stands by comments that former finance minster Curtis Dickinson failed to get the Fairmont Southampton deal past the finishing line.
During the debate on the deal with Gencom in the House last month, Mr Dickinson sai...
DATE: Jun 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Tourism boss Wayne Caines has backed the decision to keep the Travel Authorisation form – but pledged that the process would be made less cumbersome.
Mr Caines, who is the chairman of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, admitted that inefficiencies such ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Legislation to give payroll tax relief for care homes has been backed by MPs.
David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said that Westmeath and Lefroy House already receive relief, but the Land Valuation and Tax Amendment Act would allow all o...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of National Security called on Bermuda to live by this year’s Bermuda Day theme of togetherness when addressing violent crime on the island.
Michael Weeks, speaking during Friday’s House of Assembly sitting, said: “The theme this year –...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Ministers are refusing to say if there were any breakthroughs on the stand-off with London over the Government’s flagship cannabis legislation during top level talks with a senior British official.
Despite repeated requests for information on the con...
DATE: Jun 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
There will be no limits on the height or design of new buildings in North East Hamilton under a plan aimed at transforming the area so that “negative perceptions” of it can be buried, MPs heard yesterday.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, s...
DATE: Jun 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly