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Photographs of children will feature on the back of public buses from this week as part of an America’s Cup Bermuda public promotion.
The “America’s Cup is Our Cup” bus back promotion features eight America’s Cup Endeavour graduates who represent the...
DATE: Jan 26, 2017
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Women from Bermuda will be among hundreds of thousands of people taking part in the Women’s March on Washington tomorrow, on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Journalist Clare O’Connor and student Kayley Gibbons both plan to attend the rall...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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Sam Strangeways
The Progressive Labour Party has accused Governor John Rankin of a “whitewash” after it was announced a UK police officer will conduct a peer review of the events of the December 2 protests.
Shadow national security minister Walter Roban said his pa...
DATE: Jan 12, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
David Burt, the Leader of the Opposition, has questioned the lack of consultation with the Progressive Labour Party over selecting members of an independent panel to assess the Bermuda Government’s airport redevelopment project.
Bob Richards, the Min...
DATE: Jan 12, 2017
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Two Bermuda Police officers will arrive in the Cayman Islands this weekend after an armed suspect was shot dead while the local firearms unit executed a warrant.
The officers will lead an independent inquiry in the death of the 34-year-old Jamaican m...
DATE: Jan 07, 2017
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Bermuda’s debt mountain is addressed in the Budget Statement as Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, introduces increases in payroll tax, government fees and excise taxes on fuel, alcohol and tobacco.
Payroll tax increases to 15.5 per cent, with th...
DATE: Dec 31, 2016
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This year stood as a milestone for Barbados, which marked 50 prosperous years of independence in 2016 — but could Bermuda learn from its example?
A leading tourist destination with a background in sugar production, Barbados has developed an impressiv...
DATE: Dec 31, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
Finance minister Bob Richards has expressed dismay at Oxfam’s claim that Bermuda is the world’s worst corporate tax haven.
And the Progressive Labour Party joined him to condemn the report as “extremely disappointing”.
Mr Richards pointed to “serial ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2016
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Original works by the late political cartoonist Peter Woolcock are to go on sale in the run-up to Christmas including a folder of the artist’s favourite cartoons.
Mr Woolcock’s family have put together the last of his collection, which includes 26 ye...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
The island’s Barbadian community gathered on Saturday night to mark the Caribbean nation’s 50th anniversary of independence from the United Kingdom.
Attending the event at the Hamilton Princess Hotel was Jean Holder, one of the country’s “founding fa...
DATE: Nov 21, 2016
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