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On a negative note…
It is difficult to see how a hike in charges by HSBC can be fully justified.
Yesterday the banking giant, which recently unveiled plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide, announced a series of rises in banking fees and charges on...
DATE: May 29, 2013
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The following comment was posted by Raymond JC Ray on our website story about today’s arrival of the Norwegian Breakaway: “I say this to everyone outside of the Govt/Opposition because they’ve done just about all that anyone can ask of them ... We th...
DATE: May 15, 2013
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The continued omission of age discrimination in employment from the latest planned amendments to the Human Rights Act has caused controversy. One of the arguments put forward by Age Concern — that workers should not be prevented from working beyond t...
DATE: May 09, 2013
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Six years ago, Dwayne ‘Sluggo’ Leverock was taking a stunning catch for Bermuda against one of the giants of the cricket world, India in the World Cup.
But since then, the Island’s fortunes on the international stage have taken a dreadful turn for th...
DATE: Apr 30, 2013
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The SAGE Commission has been very wise — it is involving the people of Bermuda in coming up with ideas to improve government efficiency.
If you want to get buy-in, one of the best ways is to get people actively involved in a project. The key, of cour...
DATE: Apr 24, 2013
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Today — Earth Day — a petition will be officially launched aimed at creating a 25-cent fee attached to paper and disposable plastic bags.
It is being coordinated by Greenrock and the Bermuda Marine Debris Taskforce, an informal group of interested in...
DATE: Apr 22, 2013
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It is a huge relief that the Bermudian athletes who took part in the Boston marathon as the bombs exploded are safe.
It is a tragedy that one of the victims was an eight-year-old boy, who was proudly supporting his father as he took part in the marat...
DATE: Apr 17, 2013
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The renaming of the Bermuda Day Half Marathon Derby has stirred controversy, with some opposing any corporate identity being placed on the 104-year-old road race.
At the same time others say if the price of organising the showpiece race is to allow t...
DATE: Apr 13, 2013
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One of Bermuda’s great resources is the dynamism and financial savvy of our international businesspeople and many local entrepreneurs. Too often though, their skills and expertise bypass the public sector, primarily because these enterprising people ...
DATE: Apr 10, 2013
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‘Men get 40 years for footballer’s murder’, ‘grandmother jailed for 12 years for conspiring to import drugs’, ‘footballer named kingpin of cocaine plot gets 15 years’.
And there were others in yesterday’s Royal Gazette — a litany of negative headline...
DATE: Apr 06, 2013
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