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A community-wide effort is needed to tackle the Island’s social problems and build a brighter future for our children — and every resident is being asked to step up and make a difference.
A reinvigorated push to aid Bermuda’s youngsters is being rol...
DATE: Nov 19, 2014
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Government is discussing a possible insurance discount for struggling residents, Michael Fahy, the Home Affairs Minister, told the Senate this morning.
The hint emerged during Senator Fahy’s review of grocery discounts, which was touched on in the Th...
DATE: Nov 19, 2014
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A former gang member’s video blogs have gone viral, notching up almost 6,000 hits over the weekend.
Warning gang afflicted young men that their options have shrunk to death or jail, Calvin Minors told The Royal Gazette he had created the three videos...
DATE: Nov 17, 2014
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Bermuda continues to spend more than it earns, the Ministry of Finance reported today.
Government took in $443.5 million and spent $459.4 million during the first half of the fiscal year.
Spending was said to be $28.5 million, or 5.8 per cent lower t...
DATE: Nov 17, 2014
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A robbery by two men at the Sandys Laundromat resulted in the pair escaping with an unknown quantity of cash, police have reported.
The robbery, shortly before 3pm, occurred at the plaza beside the MarketPlace, with the two entering the business and ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2014
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Graffiti has been sprayed across the doorway of the Somers Isles Lodge in Sandys, just before the facility is to be used by area voters in tomorrow’s by-election.
The quasi-religious motto has been removed, according to Progressive Labour Party candi...
DATE: Nov 17, 2014
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The One Bermuda Alliance went public with its protest against an alleged verbal attack that Marc Bean made against Toni Daniels, with a premeditated walkout as soon as the Opposition Leader began the Reply to the Throne Speech at the reconvening of P...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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Stanley Paris, the determined sailor hoping to become the oldest person to circumnavigate the globe in 150 years, is passing by Bermuda today on his vessel the Kiwi Spirit.
Dr Paris, 77, called off his last attempt in January after he suffered severa...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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Courting air arrivals is the top priority for the Bermuda Tourism Authority, with air visitor numbers down almost four percent for the year to date.
Marketing the Bermuda experience by encouraging online pictures and videos is part of the organisatio...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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The number of Bermudians seeking help from financial assistance has increased, according to Community Minister Wayne Scott.
Meanwhile, the Minister noted that 41 people had their assistance revoked in the first nine months of this year owing to stric...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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