The earthquake devastation in Haiti is heartbreaking.
It’s interesting that the Bermuda Government’s contribution to CDEMA is the use of a twelve seater aircraft.
The Bermuda Government has a twelve seat aircraft???
You can donate to the relief efforts through the Red Cross of Bermuda:
Via bank transfer to Bank of Bermuda, 010-187417-011 or Bank of Butterfield, 20-006-060-663859-200
Call the [...]
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Bermuda-based XL Capital today announced that it is moving its incorporation from the Cayman Islands to Ireland to “reduce certain risks that may impact us” and to “reinforce our reputation, which is one of our key assets.”
XL has operated in Ireland for most of its corporate history and is very familiar with its regulatory and [...]
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It seems the fight over so-called operational control of the Police has calmed down as the PLP realises that – as the bullets are flying – now may not be the time to seek that responsibility.
The truth is that the Governor and the Bermuda Government do hold frequent meetings with the Commissioner of Police to [...]
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Speaking of spin, the Deputy Governor of Bermuda wrote a letter to the editor, explaining why Bermudians taking up their right to acquire a British passport must deal with the UK Embassy in Washington, DC rather than the Bermuda Department of Immigration as before:
This change has been driven by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), [...]
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The report into corruption and official misconduct in the Turks & Caicos Islands has been posted on the Internet (somewhat irregularly).
Cess pool.
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You have to wonder if King Ewart and Iron Mike are using the same playbook. It’s all so familiar. From the sitting of the Turk’s rump Parliament yesterday:
At one point Misick compared Governor Wetherell to a known racist, finally saying the Governor himself was a racist dictator. The Speaker told the former premier he was [...]
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The Governor of the Cayman Islands has a blog. Imagine that.
This is an area in which both Bermuda’s Governor and the Opposition are dragging: getting their word out to the public in a timely and compelling manner. The PLP have been effective at grassroots communication – but have gone totally over the top with [...]
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The ever anxious Bermuda rumour mill is floating the idea that King Ewart and the PLP have been toying with the idea of “changing teams” from the UK to the US. (I have no idea if the rumour has any substance.)
Some say this might make sense as our economic and social links today are often [...]
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Last week, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation (aka the Special Committee of 24) approved its annual resolution by which the UN General Assembly would reaffirm that there was no alternative to the principle of self-determination, which was a fundamental human right.
The Special Committee of 24 defines self-determination as free association with an independent [...]
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Like Bermuda, the island of Jersey is facing some difficult financial times. The financial services sector, which provides 30 percent of Government revenues and directly employs nearly 15 percent of the population, is on the rocks.
So what’s the difference?
Jersey has no significant debt.
Jersey also has two “rainy day funds” – the Stabilisation Fund and the [...]
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