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Cutting back on pension payments or asking workers to contribute more are among the “hard choices” that must be made to ensure funds are available for seniors in the future.
Political commentators Denis Pitcher and Robert Stewart issued warnings over...
DATE: Aug 20, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
The Jamaican Association has distanced itself from comments made by a former president who claimed the Premier’s calls to put Bermudians first were an insult to immigrants to the island.
Orville Campbell said David Burt should acknowledge the “great ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
A knife-wielding robber stole a chain from around the neck of a staff member at a livery cycle business yesterday.
Police said a man went into Oleander Cycles in Southampton, near The Reefs hotel, and threatened an employee with a knife before a scuf...
DATE: Aug 17, 2018
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Crime
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Fiona McWhirter
Hundreds of workers will see a savings scheme close this year after nearly four decades.
The Bermuda Public Services Union programme has “grown exponentially” since its creation in 1979 but interest on its funds is now “negligible”, members were told...
DATE: Aug 16, 2018
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Inspectors are to make regular visits to a nursery where three toddlers wandered off in a bid to ensure security improvements are carried out.
Operators of the First Church of God daycare centre in Pembroke were warned its licence could be suspended ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
The management of Bermuda’s pension fund must be improved and the Government should take immediate action to get its annual accounts up to date.
Legislators were also asked to implement a string of proposals first put forward by spending experts more...
DATE: Aug 16, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
Officials investigating a nursery where three toddlers wandered off on their own for about 15 minutes have said its operating licence should be suspended until an inquiry is completed.
The parents of one child involved in the incident were told in a ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
A mound of trash has caused an eyesore on one of Bermuda’s most scenic routes for several days.
It is thought some Paget residents were unaware of a change to their collection day, meaning when they left out bags of garbage it was already too late.
O...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
An employee at telecoms firm Digicel who is under police investigation will stay off work until inquiries are complete, it was revealed yesterday.
The company yesterday said it took allegations of “wrongdoing or inappropriate behaviour” extremely ser...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
Tighter controls are to be imposed on Bermuda lawyers to limit the improper use of funds.
Members of Parliament approved the changes to legislation designed to help the island comply with Financial Action Task Force rules.
Kim Wilson, the Government’...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter