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Bermuda's booming construction sector faces virtual shut down in a matter of weeks with hundreds of lay-offs and potential bankruptcy for small businesses.
With no one in place to operate the Dockyard twin silo plant beyond the end of this year and n...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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International business in Bermuda and elsewhere is keeping an interested eye on the Island's political temperature and the possible outcomes of the December 18 general election.
A commentary in the UK-based Insurance Insider newsletter picks up on th...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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Construction bosses responsible for ongoing projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars are anxiously seeking word from Government that the cement plant at Dockyard will remain operational beyond the end of this month.
Almost a week after the last...
DATE: Dec 07, 2007
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The last Hands of Love Ministry 'Christmas on the Street' feeding of the homeless will be staged on Court Street a week this Saturday.
It will be the 30th time the Hands of Love group has arranged for festive food to be donated and served up to the h...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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One of the world's biggest cement companies has been named as the potential new bulk supplier for Bermuda by businessman Clifton Lambert.
The news comes the day after it was revealed the final scheduled cement supply ship had departed the Island at t...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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The final monthly cement supply ship has left Bermuda and no more deliveries are on order.
Last night a director of the Bermuda Cement Company called for a breathing space of three months in the dispute between itself and Government to avoid damaging...
DATE: Dec 04, 2007
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A glimmer of hope has emerged in the looming cement supply crisis after the president of recently renamed Island Cement Limited revealed he has entered into a long-term supply and distribution agreement with a multi-national cement company to supply ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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More than 100 runners and walkers turned up at Astwood Park for a Sunday morning 'social' to remember marathoner Ryan Shay who died while attempting to qualify for the US Olympic team last month in New York.
A number of memorial events have been held...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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A detailed but unattributed perspective on the breakdown in negotiations between the Bermuda Cement Company and Government was being promoted on a Bermuda news website late yesterday, stating that a Government offer of $250,000 was made earlier this ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2007
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A fun anonymous Santa event this Saturday in the Botanical Gardens aims to ensure that no child in Bermuda wakes up on Christmas Day without at least one present to unwrap.
The Salvation Army is asking for adults and children to come along for an aft...
DATE: Nov 30, 2007
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