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Boosting Bermuda’s population must accompany proposed overhauls for its tax regime, according to a tax reform report tabled on Friday in the House.
The bipartisan Tax Reform Commission’s recommendations, built from 400 hours of research, was hailed b...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Flora Duffy has reflected on her “amazing experience” after collecting her Order of the British Empire medal at Buckingham Palance.
Duffy, who was awarded the OBE in June for her services to sport in Bermuda, was accompanied by her husband, Dan Hugo,...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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Life was chaotic for Chris and Juliet Evans in the early years of school for Henry, their youngest son.
Teachers who worked with Henry as early as nursery school detected learning challenges for the youngster.
As the family grappled with their son’s ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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Bermuda Healthcare Services will be offering free turkeys to their patients and others in the community who are in need.
The giveaway on December 22 is being run in conjunction with the Brown-Darrell Clinic and the Bermuda Urology Clinic.
Two hundre...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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Sarah Lagan
Household investments in simple power-saving measures will help the island to grapple with overall electricity costs, according to home affairs minister Walter Roban.
Mr Roban retained control of the Department of Energy along with telecommunications...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
International businesses would be “more than willing” to focus a greater amount of their investments locally, the Opposition leader has claimed.
Craig Cannonier said that if industry bosses appreciated the financial benefit to their companies and had...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Mothers grieving the death of a child heard their heartbreak is shared all over the world, and “there is always hope”.
Sybrina Fulton, whose son Trayvon Martin’s fatal shooting prompted the international Black Lives Matter movement, was in Bermuda to...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Shadow home affairs minister Sylvan Richards has predicted that the Government will be forced into “doing the same as the One Bermuda Alliance” in granting Bermudian status to long-term residents.
Mr Richards, made the prediction in the House on Fri...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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Dellwood Middle School students have been sent home for the day after flooding.
The Pembroke school has had repeated issues with its plumbing, but an education spokeswoman said the matter was expected to be fixed by tomorrow.
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A meeting on the protection of intellectual property is to be held tomorrow.
A Government spokeswoman said intellectual property was a work or invention to which people have rights and for which someone can apply for a patent, copyright or trademark....
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan