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The long-awaited 2010 Census has now been released, and although there are some vital statistics that are yet to be released, the report gives a reasonable idea of where Bermuda stands.
As of 2010, there were six percent more people in Bermuda than ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox released her Pre-Budget Report on Monday, which, unsurprisingly, made for depressing reading.
The headline figures were:
l That the deficit for the 2010-2011 financial year was wider than estimated when she re...
DATE: Dec 14, 2011
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The passage of telecommunications regulations on Friday in the House of Assembly is a watershed in the history of this industry and presages a period of consolidation and, it is to be hoped, competition.
This legislation is indeed long overdue. As Sh...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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There has been a lot of debate since Friday about the absolute discharge given to 72-year-old Egbert Haywood, who was caught leaving the Island with a gun he said he had accidentally left in his luggage when he left for Bermuda.
Many people have not...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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Wednesday’s story about the surge in demand for food from needy families illustrates the harrowing effects of the recession.
But it also demonstrates just how generous Bermudians can be, and that they recognise that they are their brother’s (and sist...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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The furore over Future Care and what it is now charging seniors for operations raises more questions than answers.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva has stated that a computer system error meant that patients should have been paying 25 percent of local su...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011
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The Police Service’s Stop and Search policy has come under scrutiny recently.
Some might say this was overdue, but the fact it has gained little public attention until now is due to the fact that it has only been in widespread use comparatively rece...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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There is a lot to recommend in the Tourism Board’s strategic plan, even if few of the ideas are new.
While the proposal to legalise gambling and open a casino is the most controversial, the recommendation that a tourism authority be put in place cou...
DATE: Dec 06, 2011
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There was good news in the House of Assembly on Friday when Economy Minister Patrice Minors announced that one of the worst decisions made in the last ten years was being “relaxed”.
This was the “return to sender” rule for minor address mistakes. De...
DATE: Dec 05, 2011
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It is hard not to be ambivalent about the idea of decriminalisation of drugs, or even of relaxing conviction and sentencing guidelines.
On the one hand, it is surely obvious that the “war on drugs” is not working. Making drug addicts criminals has in...
DATE: Dec 01, 2011
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