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A woman who has been giving blankets and pillows to the homeless said she will continue despite negative feedback.
Lakeisha Burt, from Warwick, launched a project to help the needy after seeing her godmother with items she did not need about a month ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Youngsters from across the island showed off their talents at an Evening Light Pentecostal Church youth event.
Dancers, musicians and performers as young as 8 demonstrated their skills to the church community in the third annual “What’s Love Got to d...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Renée Webb, a former tourism minister, is to receive $156,864 annually as Bermuda’s freshly appointed representative to the European Union.
Ms Webb’s one-year appointment to the Bermuda Government’s new office in Brussels, capital of Belgium and admi...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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The focus of an annual ceremony held to honour the last casualty of the War of 1812 will be expanded in years ahead, an organiser of the event said.
Gillian Outerbridge said: “There is no question that we will point out both the plaques.
“They will...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Increases to land tax announced in the Budget will mean greater burdens for a struggling sector, estate agents warned.
Property experts feared the changes outlined by Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, were not enough to stimulate the ailing com...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Funding for an Autism Spectrum Disorder programme for preschoolers has been championed by a charity leader.
Minister of Finance Curtis Dickinson announced on Friday that $327,000 would be set aside to develop the programme in 2019-20.
Anthony Peets, ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Property experts await more information about proposals designed to increase opportunities for home ownership.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, outlined schemes including initiatives to widen access to mortgages and soften ownership rules f...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
Charles Jeffers, deputy chairman of Age Concern, reserved judgment on the Government’s efforts to to help senior citizens.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, pledged during his Budget Statement on Friday that a National Health Plan will soon ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Proposed changes to the corporations for Hamilton and St George were overwhelmingly turned down in public consultation, according to the Bermuda Government’s online forum.
The site, which closed on Friday after ten days of soliciting views, logged fo...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
No injuries have been reported after an apartment fire in Warwick this afternoon.
The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service responded to a 911 call for the fire on Crown Lane at about 3.30pm.
A spokesman for BFRS said that firefighters arrived to find h...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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