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the second of two parts, former Premier Sir John Swan continues his prescription for improving public schools, beginning with the need for improved forms of social development.
We need to do more to improve the circumstances that stand between our ch...
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since July of last year, according to figures released by Government yesterday.
The rate of inflation was below the 2.9 percent recorded in May.
During the month, the average cost of goods and services edged up 0.1 percent.
The fuel and power sector ...
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carnal knowledge of a girl between the ages of 14 and 16.
Magistrates' Court heard on Tuesday that the Devonshire man allegedly committed the offences on June 4 in Smith's Parish.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and elected to be tried in the lo...
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Bermuda Tourism hit the jackpot with a "phenomenal'' bonus scheme which has attracted thousands of visitors in a matter of weeks.
The programme, which still has several weeks to run, is already being labelled as the most successful incentive strategy...
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afternoon.
Government Senator Patrice Parris assured senators that Customs officers would not be allowed to carry out free searches of premises.
The only checks would be in order to renew information and to ensure premises were in compliance with the...
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Senators passed the Hotels Concession Act yesterday with general support from Opposition members.
And, accordind to Government Senator Calvin Smith, the Act will create an entirely new climate for hotel investment in Bermuda, said Tax breaks would en...
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Bermuda must diversify its tourism accommodations if it wants to avoid slipping further behind the rest of the world, a specially commissioned report has warned.
The study, which has been released for the first time by the Department of Tourism, reco...
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down yesterday after almost six years at the helm.
Police Commissioner Jean-Jacques Lemay and MP and former assistant Police Commissioner Wayne Perinchief said they were indebted to the efforts of McNeil Warner, who has chaired the charity since it b...
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saved them from being blacklisted as a harmful tax jurisdiction by the powerful Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Bermuda was also among the six jurisdictions which hammered out a customised deal with the OECD to protect i...
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Police last night launched a high profile crackdown on crime following a recent wave of gang violence on the Island.
By press time last night Police had made 19 arrests and seized 29 Molotov cocktails but the operation was still on-going, said Commis...
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