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A team of women have banded together to offer a range of support services in a single location in Hamilton.
Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda and the Women’s Resource Centre will be joined by a family law expert and counsellor at their shared premises ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
A bigger selection of sweet treats will be taxed at 75 per cent when the Government launches the next phase of its assault on sugar.
The rate of duty on items already affected is 50 per cent, with the additional 25 per cent due to be implemented from...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Home-grown musicians have a better chance of taking centre stage after tax breaks for venues that hire Bermudian artists were announced in yesterday’s Budget.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said he wanted to boost the number of bookings for ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda will fight a recommendation to the House of Commons that British residents on the island should get to vote, the Premier vowed yesterday.
David Burt said the proposal was a “tone-deaf” idea that ignored the history of voting rights in Bermuda...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Progressive Labour Party faced discord among its own supporters over fears that Bermudian families are being left out in the cold, political sources claimed.
David Burt, the Premier, and Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, were thought to ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two teenagers with a passion for empowerment will join the Deputy Governor for International Women’s Day.
Alison Crocket will launch a campaign today to find a pair of young women in Bermuda who will shadow her during the worldwide event next month.
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DATE: Feb 18, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A primary school pupil is planning to use her love of singing to host a lip-sync battle in aid of charity.
Saniyah Govia chose the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals because she has ambitions to become a veterinarian.
The seven-year-old...
DATE: Feb 18, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Training opportunities for Bermudians will increase after resources were boosted in the Government’s workforce development department, the House of Assembly heard today.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said staff t...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Plans for a fintech hub appeared to have taken a step backwards yesterday after a Cabinet minister said money set aside for the project would be spent elsewhere.
The third floor of a Hamilton building was due to be transformed into an “incubator” for...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
One Communications has accused the telecoms industry watchdog of a lack of openness because it has failed to show the public how it spends its money.
The firm wrote to the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda to outline a string of complaints in response ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter