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A team of women have banded together to offer a range of support services in a single location in Hamilton.
Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda and the Women’s Resource Centre will be joined by a family law expert and counsellor at their shared premises ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Middle and senior school girls are invited to take part in an essay contest to mark International Women’s Day.
Participants are to write a 200-word essay answering the question: “What does female empowerment mean to you?”
The contest is being organi...
DATE: Feb 24, 2019
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The business world was spared big tax hikes as the Minister of Finance delivered his first Budget yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said that the anticipated revenues for the next financial year were about $1.118 billion — $28.6 million or 2.6 per cent hig...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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Budget
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A hush fell on the House of Assembly yesterday as all eyes turned to Curtis Dickinson when he rose to deliver his first Budget.
Mr Dickinson, who took the finance portfolio in November 2018, acknowledged the milestone.
He told MPs that he represented...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A bigger selection of sweet treats will be taxed at 75 per cent when the Government launches the next phase of its assault on sugar.
The rate of duty on items already affected is 50 per cent, with the additional 25 per cent due to be implemented from...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Home-grown musicians have a better chance of taking centre stage after tax breaks for venues that hire Bermudian artists were announced in yesterday’s Budget.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said he wanted to boost the number of bookings for ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Budget showed the Government had listened to hoteliers’ fears over rising land taxes, the Bermuda Hotel Association said yesterday.
Stephen Todd, CEO of the BHA, said hoteliers were pleased that Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, confirmed t...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former barmaid spoke of the countless hours she spent working and studying to reach her dream of becoming a lawyer.
Julica Harvey, 31, was surrounded by family and friends as she was Called to the Bar yesterday — and managed to stick by her rule no...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Teachers have backed a vote of no confidence in the Commissioner of Education and the Ministry of Education’s top civil servant.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Union of Teachers said that members had “overwhelmingly” agreed on the action against Kalma...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Card tricks, illusions and “booze magic” are promised at a dinner show tonight.
The Evening of Comedy Magic, hosted by Nadanja Bailey, will feature sleight of hand tricks performed by American artist Kristoff the Magician.
Kristoff, who has performed...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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