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Bermuda is on a “glide path” to a small budget surplus by 2023-24, the finance minister said yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson added the country’s last round of borrowing was calculated to last until that financial year.
Mr Dickinson said: “We have borrowe...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An accounting and auditing heavyweight is to lead the Government’s economic recovery plan, the finance minister revealed yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said financial services firm KPMG had been selected as the project manager for the plan, outlined in ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Interest in tracing family ancestry soared during the pandemic, according to the National Museum of Bermuda.
The museum’s online genealogy database was used more than ever in 2020, prompting the launch of the 2021 series “Tracing Their Roots/Routes”...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s death toll from Covid-19 rose by one to 101 last night after another death was recorded.
But other figures for coronavirus continued to fall – active cases were down to 84 from 99 three days ago, close to the numbers seen on August 7, early...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A historic church in St George has hit a “financial crisis point”, it was revealed yesterday.
St Peter’s Church has suffered from a decline in the number of visitors and churchgoers because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected its income.
A n...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man was arrested after police with a firearms warrant raided a house on Thursday night.
It is understood the search was in connection with the double gun murder at the Robin Hood bar three days earlier.
The man was arrested at a house in Euclid Ave...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian journalist will start as a TV news anchor and reporter on Monday for a major broadcaster on the US East Coast.
Glenn Jones, a former reporter with The Royal Gazette, is to start at NBC10 Boston News and New England Cable News on November ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police today appealed to the public not to share online hoaxes to avoid the spread of fear and alarm.
A spokesman said “unfounded rumours and misinformation” created “discomfort and cause alarm in our community”.
He was speaking after police were ale...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A witness to this week’s double gun murder in a busy bar last night relived the moment he cradled a dying victim in his arms.
The expatriate worker said he tried to comfort one of the men as he lay on the floor of the Robin Hood in Hamilton.
The US ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has lost its air link to the gateway city of Boston, Massachusetts, because of lack of demand during the off season, the transport minister said this morning.
Lawrence Scott yesterday addressed the upcoming loss of JetBlue’s service to Boston...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell