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Helping rebuild a devastated community in Nepal became a profoundly life-changing experience for 21-year-old David Simmons — a story that he plans to share next week at a Bermuda College lecture.
“I’m happy,” David said in the wake of his work with R...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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Bermuda’s low-income workers are caught in “a reverse Robin Hood effect”, according to economist Craig Simmons — and the tax breaks in the latest Budget do not go far enough to pull them out.
On the other hand, Keith Jensen, head of the Bermuda Emplo...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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The Government is looking into occupational pensions to ensure the system remains “responsive”, but Charles Jeffers of Age Concern questioned “how in the world they are going to produce” with less people working in Bermuda to contribute funds.
A dec...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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A poignant ceremony celebrating the kindness shown by East End residents to US Navy Midshipman Richard Sutherland Dale, the last casualty of the War of 1812, was marked this weekend with the laying of wreaths at his grave.
Midshipman Dale died in 181...
DATE: Feb 26, 2017
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The rise may appear to be modest: 56 more jobs existed as of August 2016 over those reported in the previous year.
However, the 0.2 per cent increase raised the tally of jobs from 33,319 in 2015 to 33,375 last year — the first increase seen in Bermud...
DATE: Feb 25, 2017
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Overseas corporations will end up paying a considerably higher fee to reduce their tax liability by running their business through Bermuda.
While the practice contains “nothing whatsoever illegal”, finance minister Bob Richards said the island had ta...
DATE: Feb 25, 2017
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An elderly woman struggling to cover the cost of living has given heartfelt thanks after readers of this newspaper came to her aid.
Along with the hardship of meeting rising costs while dealing with her husband’s declining health, she described the d...
DATE: Feb 24, 2017
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All eyes will be on Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, as he arrives at Parliament with the One Bermuda Alliance’s fifth and likely final Budget before the next General Election.
Although Mr Richards said he preferred to let the highly anticipate...
DATE: Feb 24, 2017
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Blacks have “a history of our fortitude being tested”, a packed hall heard last night from visiting lecturer Kenneth Hardy.
“Keep going,” was his advice.
A professor of family therapy from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Dr Hardy heads home today ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2017
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Jack Dunckley has been inspired by Bermuda to create a masterpiece for the Chelsea Flower Show — and now he wants the island’s help to make him the youngest person to take a gold medal there in 2017.
With a world audience of 1.9 billion, the Royal Ho...
DATE: Feb 22, 2017
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