Government may not move ahead with full implementation of payroll tax reform proposals initiated by the former administration, it was revealed yesterday. Higher income earners in international business may be spared payroll tax increases envisaged as part of the new progressive tax regime, but lower earners would enjoy lower taxes as planned. this Government is…...
Taxpayers to shell out $2 million in diagnostic imaging fees
as dispute between Ewart Brown and the Bermuda Health Council rumbles on
Government is shelling out more than $2 million to compensate the hospital and Ewart Brown’s private clinics for drastically reduced fees for MRIs and CT scans. The money – estimated to be close to $800,000 for Dr. Brown’s two private clinics and $1.8 million for the Bermuda Hospitals Board by the end of the fiscal…...
Explainer: Domestic Partnership Bill 2017
A comprehensive overview of the bill passed by the House of Assembly on December 8, 2017
Parliament has approved the Domestic Partnership Bill 2017 which allows for legal recognition and registration of adult relationships while restricting marriage to people of opposite sex. The bill is almost identical to the former One Bermuda Alliance’s consultative civil union bill, but with some important changes. Here’s a break down of the law which is…...
Next ThinkFest on mental health of Khmer Rouge survivors
ThinkFest 2017 ends this Sunday with a final presentation entitled “Mental Health of Cambodian Genocide Survivors after the Khmer Rouge Genocide, Enslavement and Imprisonment” the Ethics of Language translated in Psychology” by MSc candidate Dany Pen. An educator, activist and artist, Pen is currently pursuing her Master of Science Degree in Clinical Psychology at Walden […]
ThinkFest teams up with Age Concern to support seniors’ hardship fund
ThinkMedia and Age Concern are pleased to announce that a portion of revenue from ThinkFest will benefit Age Concern’s seniors’ hardship fund. For every $30 standard ticket booked at Age Concern’s new office located in the Fort Knox building at #1 Burnaby St, $5 will go directly into the fund. Discount offers (such as early […]
ICIJ begins publication of Appleby leaks – “Paradise Papers”
Leaked data show that lax controls at Appleby may have facilitated money laundering and terrorist financing, and laws may have been broken.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its media partners have begun publishing details from a trove of data leaked from law firm Appleby – findings that will have serious repercussions on Bermuda, the offshore financial services industry and the law firms that facilitate it. ICIJ says that of the 14 million files, 6.8 million…...
NGOs, Education and the legacy of Colonialism in Ghana
Next ThinkFest event features youth development worker and Ghana resident Quinton Sherlock
Quinton Sherlock, MSc, made a name for himself in Bermuda as a golfer. Now he is using golf to transform lives in the Republic of Ghana with his own youth development foundation. And residents will have an opportunity to hear of his work, its impact and reflections on the legacy of colonialism in the West […]
Premier: 14 items of 100 day plan fulfilled
Fourteen of 21 items in the Progressive Labour Party government’s 100 day plan have been completed, Premier David Burt told parliamentarians today. In a lengthy speech in the House of Assembly, Premier Burt announced his administration has “successfully completed or significantly advanced” all of its pledges for its first 100 days. In response to Opposition…...
Appleby leaks investigators allege VAT avoidance on private jet imports to EU – Isle of Man
Investigators sifting through hacked Appleby data have alleged that the firm facilitated tax avoidance on the import of private jets by the wealthy, according to the Isle of Man. In a bid to protect its reputation ahead of potentially embarrassing revelations in Appleby leaks media coverage, the Isle of Man has been talking to the…...
Appleby remains silent over data breach, did not inform police
Law firm Appleby is refusing to entertain any questions following reports of a leak of confidential data from its computer systems. Several questions put to Appleby have gone unanswered. But Bermuda Police Service last night confirmed that no complaint about the breach has been filed with them – despite Appleby’s statement this week that the…...
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