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Government last night responded to Age Concern’s call for tax breaks for seniors struggling to cope with the soaring cost of living.
In Monday’s Royal Gazette, the charity said some elderly people desperately need help as staple food prices have clim...
DATE: Apr 21, 2012
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Volunteers are being sought for a day of work trying to recreate Bermuda’s earliest dwellings.
From 10am today, people are encouraged to turn up at the 1612 Carter House, for the reconstruction project led by St David’s Historical Society.
They will ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2012
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Government last night responded to Age Concern’s call for tax breaks for seniors struggling to cope with the soaring cost of living.
In Monday’s Royal Gazette, the charity said some elderly people desperately need help as staple food prices have clim...
DATE: Apr 20, 2012
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Bermuda Regiment soldiers’ exposure to contaminated water at a United States camp was not enough to affect their health, according to the commanding officer.
An Oscar-shortlisted documentary set to be shown in Bermuda claims soldiers and their famili...
DATE: Apr 20, 2012
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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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