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Bermuda's public pension pot will be able to cope as the number of seniors more than doubles over the next 40 years, Government insisted last night.
The Ministry of Finance issued a statement reassuring those who have paid into the Contributory Pensi...
DATE: Apr 26, 2011
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The number of people turning 65 and claiming their state pension will rise by more than 150 percent this year.
About 700 residents, the first batch of Bermuda’s post-war “baby boomers”, will reach retirement age and become eligible to a benefit from ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2011
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Ten mobile homes bought by Government for half a million dollars six years ago have been sold off or demolished as they are no longer fit to be lived in.
The pre-fabricated units were bought for about $50,000 each in 2005 to house low-income families...
DATE: Apr 14, 2011
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Cabinet Ministers who go overseas on official business get a $150 daily allowance, as well as the use of a credit card.
But figures for how much they spent during trips abroad in the last fiscal year are not readily available, according to the Minist...
DATE: Apr 14, 2011
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Alleged elder abuse victim “Auntie Em” has passed away peacefully at the age of 98.
Wilhelmina Liburd died on Sunday at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s Continuing Care Unit (CCU), according to her nephew Stephen Woodley.
Mrs Liburd was born in 19...
DATE: Apr 13, 2011
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Opposition Senator Michael Dunkley has asked Government to reveal the outcome of an investigation launched 18 months ago by the Human Rights Commission into sexual misconduct allegations at the Bermuda Regiment.
The Shadow National Security Minister ...
DATE: Apr 13, 2011
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The independent Police Complaints Authority has a new chairman.
Anthony Whaley, a director in the corporate department of law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman, was appointed by the Governor for a three-year term.
He takes over from lawyer Michelle St Jane...
DATE: Mar 30, 2011
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MPs will today be asked to approve more than $160 million in government overspends over the last decade.
And Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards claimed last night there was no good reason why the cost overruns hadn’t been brought to the House of As...
DATE: Mar 28, 2011
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Bermudians need to decide if they want local retail or would rather buy all but essential items overseas, according to the Chamber of Commerce’s Kristi Grayston.
The chairman of the Chamber’s retail division described the latest retail sales index, s...
DATE: Mar 26, 2011
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MPs yesterday hammered the final nail into the coffin of the property vote, abolishing the right of business owners to cast a ballot in municipal elections.
An order allowing only residents to vote in elections held by the Corporation of Hamilton and...
DATE: Mar 26, 2011
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