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A beach-style Olympics on Horseshoe Bay raised more than $48,00 for charity this week.
The Centre on Philanthropy hosted its sixth annual Give Back Games on Tuesday, when nine corporate teams representing nine local charities competed for prize money...
DATE: Sep 18, 2014
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Campaigners are calling on Government to clarify when it will fulfil its promise to outlaw age discrimination in the workplace.
A member of Age Concern quizzed Cabinet Ministers Bob Richards and Jeanne Atherden on the topic at the charity’s recent an...
DATE: Sep 17, 2014
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Seniors have been told by Finance Minister Bob Richards that they won’t be getting an increase in their state pension because “money does not grow on trees”.
Age Concern said yesterday that the news, delivered by the Minister during a question-and-an...
DATE: Sep 16, 2014
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Justice campaigner Carol Shuman has praised a recent television documentary about the murder in Bermuda of Canadian teenager Rebecca Middleton.
Dr Shuman, who has written a book about the case and supported Becky’s family in their campaign for justic...
DATE: Sep 15, 2014
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Warrants were issued today for two defendants who failed to appear at Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrate Juan Wolffe issued the warrants for Sto’Nae Eve, 22, who was listed to appear on a forgery charge, and Stevone Bailey, 31, who was listed for the off...
DATE: Sep 11, 2014
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Homeowners should be encouraged to rent their properties to tourists and ought to be initially exempt from hotel occupancy tax, according to the Opposition.
The Progressive Labour Party said yesterday that reform of the law regulating tourist accommo...
DATE: Sep 03, 2014
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Property owners who put their homes up for rent to tourists on internet letting sites could be breaking the law, The Royal Gazette has discovered.
Many homeowners on the Island are renting out rooms, apartments and whole houses to visitors, using pop...
DATE: Sep 02, 2014
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New tourism properties that sleep less than ten people should be exempt from hotel occupancy tax for their first three years in business, according to the Opposition.
The Progressive Labour Party, responding to a front-page story in today’s edition o...
DATE: Sep 02, 2014
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An investigation into a fire at a construction yard in Warwick has not revealed the cause.
The blaze broke out at a property owned by Eddie Roque on Quarry Hill Road, Warwick, on May 20 and needed six fire trucks and 35 firefighters to be quelled.
Se...
DATE: Aug 28, 2014
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A 76-year-old man was robbed outside his home in St George’s by a lone assailant in the early hours of Sunday, according to police.
The senior is still recovering from his injuries on a general ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and is said to...
DATE: Aug 27, 2014
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