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The head of a charity that provides meals for the housebound and disabled said that donations were vital to keep the organisation in business.
Joe Gibbons, president of Meals on Wheels, added that cash, even small amounts, mounted up and helped the c...
DATE: Feb 07, 2017
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Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, yesterday blasted Britain over its hypocrisy on tax.
Mr Richards said the UK’s bid to get Overseas Territories to establish public registers of ownership in offshore companies would damage the island. And he add...
DATE: Feb 07, 2017
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Texas barbecue specialist Dick Reno will take over the Mariners’ Club today for a home town homage to the Super Bowl.
Mr Reno, of the Smokin’ Barrel on Front Street, is creating traditional Superbowl snacks in the run-up to the clash between the New ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2017
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New 100 per cent mortgages worth a total of $25 million for Bermuda Housing Corporation tenants are set to be available in a partnership between Clarien Bank and the Bermuda Housing Corporation.
The deal means that existing BHC tenants or clients wil...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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New Governor John Rankin yesterday backed same-sex civil unions in Bermuda.
“Civil unions have been recognised in the UK and in many other jurisdictions around the world,” he said.
“I hope that any differing views on this issue in Bermuda can be reso...
DATE: Dec 23, 2016
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A veteran bartender spent a year growing a massive beard — so he could shave it off for charity.
Adam Kirk, who works at Bermuda Fun Golf in Dockyard, started growing the beard last Christmas with a view to cutting it off this festive season to help ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2016
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Business couple Shannon and Lindsey Philpott yesterday donated more than $2,750 to charity the Family Centre.
The pair — who own BermuniTees T-shirts — gave a proportion of their sales to the charity, in line with the philosophy they set out when th...
DATE: Dec 15, 2016
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North Village football club yesterday said it had zero tolerance for abuse of children.
And president Shervin Dill warned predators: “Stay away from our field.”
Mr Dill spoke out after top football coach Andrew Bascome said that, as a child footballe...
DATE: Dec 14, 2016
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Brothers Andrew and David Bascome yesterday told a press conference they had been sexually abused in their early football careers.
Andrew Bascome, the Bermuda coach, broke down in tears as he told the media “I’ve been molested”, later explaining to T...
DATE: Dec 13, 2016
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The Regulatory Authority is to get two new members as it takes over supervision of the power industry.
Grant Gibbons, Minister for Economic Development, said the number sitting on the Commission, which already regulates telecommunications, would rise...
DATE: Oct 28, 2016
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