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56 BOM Volunteers, Students Travelling To India
A team of 56 volunteers — including 38 students — from Bermuda Overseas Missions will be travelling to Banglaore, India this summer. “This is the largest group we have ever taken and a testament to the enthusiasm of our volunteers to participate. We have several families joining us this year which is also a change,” said David Thompson,... Read more of this article
Premier Meets With Indian & Mexican Officials
This past Friday [Aug. 22], Premier Michael Dunkley met with Ambassador Sandra Fuentes-Berain of Mexico and Ambassador Dnyaneshwar Mulay of India at the respective Offices of the Consul General of Mexico and the Consul General of India in New York. Also in attendance at the meetings was Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Derrick Binns and the Bermuda Overseas Representative... Read more of this article
Promoting Closer Ties Between Bermuda & India
The Consulate General of India, New York, in association with The Government of Bermuda and the Bermuda Business Development Agency [BDA] hosted the Bermuda Financial Services Technology Summit on May 20, 2014 to promote closer economic, trade, cultural and social ties between Bermuda and India. The event featured a number of speakers, namely Dnyaneshwar... Read more of this article
Shadow Minister Congratulates Energy Student
The Shadow Minister of Workforce Development Rolfe Commissiong expressed his congratulations to Fanaye Broadbelt who recently returned from embarking on an ambitious training initiative in India. Mr. Commissiong said, “I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Ms. Fanaye Broadbelt who has over the last three months been participating... Read more of this article
Young Bermudian Travels To India For Training
This week, the Minister of Home Affairs, Michael Fahy, recognised a young Bermudian who recently returned from embarking on an ambitious training initiative in India. Fanaye Broadbelt is currently studying for her Masters of Science [MSc] in Renewable Energy and the Built Environment. For the past three months, from January through March 2014, Ms. Broadbelt’s... Read more of this article
India’s CBI Issues Judicial Request To Bermuda
India’s Central Bureau Of Investigation [CBI] has issued judicial requests to four countries, including Bermuda, seeking details of a money trail in a deal in which former Indian Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran is an accused. The Times of India reports that, “The Letters Rogatory (LRs) to the UK, Bermuda, Malaysia and Mauritius were issued... Read more of this article
India Sending Tax Officers To Offshore Centres
India — which signed a pact with Bermuda in 2010 to facilitate the exhange of information between the two countries on tax evasion — is planning a major crackdown on citizens who abuse offshore financial centres. New Delhi yesterday [Mar. 19] announced tax officers will be posted in offshore financial centres to spot suspicious transactions... Read more of this article
Bermuda Cited In India Corruption Case
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation will soon send judicial requests to Bermuda and the United Kingdom seeking details of money trail in a widening political corruption case in which former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran is an accused. The CBI has alleged the former Cabinet Minister received $118 million as kickbacks from the Indian-Malaysian... Read more of this article
Jackson & Butterfield Off To India Film School
Bermuda’s first students to attend India’s Whistling Woods Film Academy in India have departed Bermuda to begin their course of study. Jason Jackson and Charles Butterfield (pictured L-R) jetted off to Boston, then to Paris before finally landing in India late Thursday Bermuda time. Whistling Woods International is Asia’s largest Film,... Read more of this article
International Training & Scholarship Awards
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kim Wilson delivered a Ministerial Statement in the Senate this morning [June 29], providing an update on international training programmes and scholarship awards. The Minister mentioned a number of students receiving further education abroad including; Amaury Symonds and Noreco Burgess who left Bermuda earlier... Read more of this article
Prescription Drugs From India, Brazil, Israel
Following a change in the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, prescription drugs from Brazil, India and Israel can be imported into Bermuda Health Minister Zane Desilva said, “Today I am pleased to announce that Brazil, India and Israel will be added to the list of countries from which prescription drugs can be imported into Bermuda.” “The Ministry... Read more of this article
Video: Aspiring Filmmaker Heading To India
Charles Butterfield is one of two aspiring Bermudian filmmakers who will be attending Whistling Woods International in India next month. Charles, along with Jason Jackson, received a scholarship to study Filming and Broadcasting at the Mumbai school. Charles said, “My old teacher saw some potential in me and she said I should look into some... Read more of this article
India Film Institute Scholarship Launched
The National Training Board [NTB], within the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has announced the launch of the Whistling Woods International Scholarship which will be available for two Bermudian students, and offer them the chance to study in India. In February 2010 the Bermuda Government and Whistling Woods International Ltd. Institute for Film,... Read more of this article
Indian Movie Released: No Bermuda Sequences
Ramesh Varma’s film Veera was released in India today [May 20] to high publicity and mostly poor reviews. The film was reportedly set to contain two song sequences shot in Bermuda earlier this year. However, it appears that the Bermudian sequences never materialized – despite two announcements that shooting here would soon commence. The song sequences... Read more of this article
India Cites Bermuda Treaty in Tax Crackdown
India’s beleagured government defended itself today [Jan. 25] against charges it was allowing hundreds of billions of dollars to be siphoned from the economy into off-shore bank accounts — citing its recent agreement with Bermuda as an example of its intent to crack down on tax evasion and avoidance. Days after India’s Supreme Court... Read more of this article
Bermuda Named In India Tax Probe
India’s Finance Ministry has embarked on a major investigation into more than a hundred offshore “financial structuring deals” undertaken by Indian business entities in various off-shore jurisdictions including Bermuda. New Delhi investigators are probing investments and deals to the tune of billions of rupees executed in what they... Read more of this article
