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Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute spread the green message with its award-winning Christmas tree.
Staff from BUEI made decorations out of trash such as plastic bottles, caps and rope that washed up on Bermuda’s beaches.
Now the institute’s “S...
DATE: Dec 21, 2019
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As far as Bermudians are concerned, it’s the time of year for family.
The presence of loved ones — as well as their presents — came top of the Christmas wishes in a festive survey by Global Research.
Asked to select their perfect Christmas dinner gue...
DATE: Dec 22, 2017
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For decades, her name was synonymous with the Progressive Labour Party.
The daughter of Eugene Cox, a leading MP from the 1970s, Ms Cox was at the heart of PLP politics from a young age, rising through the ministerial ranks to what many regarded as h...
DATE: Jun 28, 2017
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Hundreds of people have descended on St David’s Cricket Club for the annual Good Friday Gilbert Lamb Fun Day.
Young people got involved with kite flying and informal football games early this afternoon and, with numerous families setting up camp arou...
DATE: Apr 15, 2017
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Peter Cooper, one of Bermuda’s best-known retailers and the head of A.S. Cooper and Sons, has died, aged 82.
Mr Cooper was regarded as the last man standing of Front Street, when his department store fought on despite the demise of Trimingham’s and S...
DATE: Dec 28, 2016
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Public sector workers could be laid off this fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he lamented the union leadership’s refusal to continue with furlough days.
Mr Richards said job losses could no longer be ruled out as Government trims ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2015
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Bermuda’s crippling debt, the looming threat of redundancies and unpopular tax hikes may dominate news reports, but Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday insisted that there was room for optimism about happier times ahead.
Unprecedented investor in...
DATE: Feb 21, 2015
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The Civil Service must be cut after the coming fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he outlined the advantages of mutualisation or privatisation.
Staff lay-offs will be inevitable unless “non-core functions” are outsourced after 2014/...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Soaring healthcare costs threaten to bankrupt Government unless the One Bermuda Alliance can put the brakes on “a runaway fast car”, Finance Minister Bob Richards said today.
The Minister warned an ageing population is putting increasing demands on h...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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The days of the 60/40 ownership rule appear numbered after Finance Minister Bob Richards declared it was blocking foreign investment which could restore Bermuda to prosperity.
In his Budget Statement, Mr Richards described the regulation — which guar...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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