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Legislation designed to allow pension contributions to be suspended for a year is expected to be debated in the House of Assembly today.
The proposed change will be accompanied by a plan for a 12-month halt to social insurance contributions.
Curtis D...
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Bermudian-based charity that works in poverty-stricken Haiti warned “kids will go hungry” if donations dried up.
Philip Rego, founder of the Feed My Lambs Ministry, said demand for help from the charity’s clinic in Haiti had doubled, but donations ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Achieving a top international accreditation just days ahead of the island shutting its borders against Covid-19 has been cause for celebration at Warwick Academy.
Dave Horan, principal at the school, said this month the certification from the Council...
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Rosewood Bermuda will reopen to guests on July 2, the resort announced yesterday, with more than 40 rooms already booked.
Chris Maybury, a representative of hotel owner Gencom, said more than 40 rooms were already booked and that the hotel would be a...
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Digicel is a step closer to securing an agreement with bondholders that would lop $1.6 billion off its debt burden.
The telecommunications firm said yesterday that the deal will reduce its annual interest payments by $125 million and cut its total de...
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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Other
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Bermuda could consider launching high-value public works projects to provide work for the long-term jobless, if the unemployment impact of the pandemic persists.
That is the opinion of Stephen Beatty, the global chairman of infrastructure at KPMG, wh...
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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Other
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Visitors who receive Covid-19 tests will be expected to pay a fee, the Premier said this morning on social media.
David Burt said in a tweet: “Rest assured, visitors will pay a fee for their testing.”
The comment came after Zane DeSilva, the tourism ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
(Photographs by Blaire Simmons)
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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Other
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When we started the 2019-2020 school year, we had many school trips, guest speakers, sporting events and transition events planned to the grand finale of graduation.
This school year will be one that we remember; not only for the abrupt shift to a vi...
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
David Burt is confident that physical distancing will be able to be maintained in schools in the upcoming academic year.
The Premier was speaking at yesterday’s Covid-19 press conference at The Berkeley Institute.
He said: “We have to be confident ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
