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The UK Foreign Office Minister responsible for the Overseas Territories has quit his post — and said he cannot afford to stay in the British Government.
Mark Simmonds, who was appointed to the job less than a year ago, stepped down and said UK parlia...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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A charity is aiming to kit out 600 children from recession-hit families for the new school year.
And Southampton-based Hands of Love Ministry’s Fern Wade said that the need for help had reached record highs — and appealed for more donations to help t...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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Bermuda has failed to make a top ten list of low-tax countries — but experts said that reflected Bermuda’s tough financial regulations.
The survey, by London-based Bradley Hackford, — a specialist in expatriate status and tax domiciles — ranked the B...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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Would-be legal eagles have been invited to take a behind-the-scenes look at a top law firm.
Hamilton-based Conyers, Dill & Pearman is to hold a student open house next week in a bid to promote the profession and allow those already studying law or co...
DATE: Aug 09, 2014
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Ex-Attorney General Mark Pettingill has quit a top job at Clarien Bank less than three months after joining.
Mr Pettingill — who left Cabinet to take up the post at the end of May — resigned his post at chief legal officer on Thursday.
A spokesman fo...
DATE: Aug 09, 2014
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The last battles fought between Britain and America had their origins in Bermuda 200 years ago this month.
A massive fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Alexander Cochrane left the island in August 1814 headed for Chesapeake Bay to crack down on ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2014
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Ex-Attorney General Mark Pettingill has quit a top job at Clarien Bank less than three months after joining.
Mr Pettingill — who left Cabinet to take up the post at the end of May — resigned his post at chief legal officer on Thursday.
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DATE: Aug 08, 2014
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Visitor numbers went up by five percent in the second quarter of the year, Tourism chiefs have revealed.
And total visitor arrivals to the end of the June rose by four percent, according to the latest figures from the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA)....
DATE: Aug 07, 2014
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A massive $30,000 donation was yesterday made towards an educational fund for the daughter of a Bermuda Regiment officer killed on duty in England.
The Broad Arrow Freemasons lodge handed over the cash to little Katherine Wheddon, aged five, whose fa...
DATE: Aug 06, 2014
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One hundred years ago this week Bermuda went to war.
Volunteers from what was then a British colony signed up to fight in what became known as the war to end all wars.
Bermudians served on land, sea and in the air during the First World War — and by ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2014
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