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Bermuda trades union leaders have warned that the SAGE Commission’s plans to streamline Government could affect more than 1,700 jobs — and warned of a fightback if massive cuts are imposed.
The grim prediction came after the commission report recomme...
DATE: Nov 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A benevolent fund for children traumatised by gang violence must embrace the families of shooters as well as their victims, according to community activist Gina Spence.
Optimistic that her charity is close to creating the fund for 37 children whose l...
DATE: Nov 22, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Dana Goodfellow and Bermuda National Trust director of education Cindy Corday construct a bay grape angel at Waterville on Pomander Road for a BNT holiday craft workshop. The attendees learned to make German stars, bay grape angels, and casuarinas be...
DATE: Nov 22, 2013
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Other
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Safari leader and photography teacher, Lloyd Webbe, is this year’s recipient of the AFL Prism Award, a prestigious lifetime achievement award for photography in Bermuda.
Mr Webbe, 79, first started taking pictures as a teenager and since then has pho...
DATE: Nov 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
A new book on the shelves now underscores that life is a journey, not a destination — and we determine our destiny by the direction we take.
‘Tessi’s Highway’ is the autobiography of retired dental surgeon and former Government Minister Clarence Ter...
DATE: Nov 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Senator Michael Fahy said the One Bermuda Alliance is continuing work on its “aggressive agenda” to turn around the Island’s economy and the Throne Speech clearly details their plan.
And he praised the PLP for expressing support for several of the in...
DATE: Nov 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A highly-regarded environmental programme that has been introduced to millions of schoolchildren around the world is set to be rolled out across Bermuda.
Two of the Island’s primary schools were given a first taste of what the UN-recognised Eco Schoo...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley has not ruled out the possibility of legalising marijuana in Bermuda — although he is personally against it.
Mr Dunkley said yesterday he doesn’t feel the legalisation of the drug is right for the Island but rem...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Just-released economic data shows that difficult conditions are persisting through 2013, Minister of Finance Bob Richards said in a public release of information about Bermuda’s financial state.The data showed that Government revenues tracked higher ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A football club’s month-long campaign to raise funds to support a cancer charity — by scoring goals and wearing pink jerseys — has resulted in a $4,053,35 cheque for the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.
North Village Community Club ran its annual ‘K...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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