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Dirk Willem te Velde: Economic growth in China, and oil prices, affect food prices
Small island states will be exposed to yet higher food prices if China’s growth continues and global conflicts send oil prices up once more, according to expert Dirk ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2012
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For Daily Bread organiser Margaret Ward, it’s enough to make her cry.
She’s seen more hunger than she imagined possible in Bermuda since the Eliza DoLittle Society launched its free feeding programme in September 2010.
And some of the most desperate,...
DATE: Apr 19, 2012
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A qualified economist, an accountant and a long-serving kitchen porter were among those relying on charity to get fed as The Royal Gazette visited the Cathedral’s Daily Bread service.
The trio, who join 60 or 70 people at the programme on Mondays and...
DATE: Apr 19, 2012
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Generous Royal Gazette readers have come to the aid of an 89-year-old man who was unable to afford anything but the most basic of groceries.
One woman, Rachael Ashford, has offered to forgo some of her nights on the town and, with the money she saves...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Bermuda needs a national plan to help increasing numbers of people below the poverty line, according to campaigner Sheelagh Cooper.
Four years ago, the Low Income Threshold for Bermuda Households in Need study found 11 percent of families fell below ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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With seemingly less money in everyone’s pockets right now, you might think charities would find crucial donations even harder to come by.
You’d be wrong, according to the Salvation Army, which has observed residents being more generous even as econom...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Bermuda’s reliance on fossil fuels is largely to blame for a huge hike in household electricity bills, according to environmentalists BEST.
The average family’s monthly Belco bill has jumped from $185 to $312 in the space of eight years, an increase ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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The number of people on financial assistance has nearly doubled in the past seven years, and the amount they’re receiving has dramatically increased.
Government figures show 1,375 people are claiming assistance, up from 1,350 last year, and a rise of...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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When your monthly wages are $900 and your monthly rent is $900, to say you haven’t got much money to play with is a bit of an understatement.
That’s the problem currently faced by Miss X, a single mother who often has to go without food herself so he...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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Families campaigner Martha Dismont yesterday urged grocers to reduce their prices amid fears many more people are dropping below the poverty line.
Ms Dismont claimed the average single parent with one child now has to spend $7,000 per year on basic f...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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