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Every dollar spent shopping overseas is a dollar lost to Bermuda, warned Economy Minister Kim Wilson at the launch of Consumer Week.
From today (October 24) to Friday, a campaign by the Department of Consumer Affairs will emphasise the importance of ...
DATE: Oct 24, 2011
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Government’s National Tourism Plan will revamp the Island’s struggling tourism industry over the course of ten years, with an advisor to assess at least five key areas.
The Plan, which could cost up to $200,000 to deliver, is to set three, five and t...
DATE: Oct 22, 2011
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Tourism
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Jonathan Bell
Every dollar spent shopping overseas is a dollar lost to Bermuda, warned Economy Minister Kim Wilson at the launch of Consumer Week today.
From October 24 to 28, a campaign will emphasise the importance of customer service to local businesses and the...
DATE: Oct 21, 2011
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Happy couples on board Cunard Line ships will be able to tie the knot out on the open sea, after the UK-registered cruise company officially made the switch to Bermuda’s shipping registry.
The Island has won out over Malta as the port of choice in Cu...
DATE: Oct 21, 2011
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As the Human Rights Commission (HRC) continues its tour of the Island, the audience at the latest roadshow was urged: make your voice heard, no matter what.
Questions regarding labour issues and sexual orientation prevailed when the HRC Roadshow met ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2011
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Personnel for a local European Space Agency (ESA) tracking station have been given the same legal immunities as diplomatic consuls, according to Government.
An ESA station is currently being set up on the Island to monitor the launch of a Soyuz rocke...
DATE: Oct 21, 2011
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Students will be called upon to imagine a sustainable future for Bermuda, in a new guidebook unveiled by Government.
Announcing the completion of ‘Sustaining Bermuda’, Environment Minister Walter Roban said the book owed its “youth appeal” to the te...
DATE: Oct 20, 2011
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s young people have never been more at risk and deferring the Mirrors residential programme penalises an initiative with a track record of success in turning their prospects around, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
A shortfall in funds ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2011
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Cash-strapped Mirrors’ bosses have deferred their residential programme as they search for a less expensive venue a decision branded “catastrophic for our young people” by former assistant coordinator Tory Darrell.
Another Mirrors’ volunteer has pled...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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Preliminary figures from the latest Census show a tripling in the number of jobless Bermudians over the past decade, Bermuda Employers Council president Keith Jensen said.
And Bermuda Public Services Union general secretary Ed Ball warned that the n...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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