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Bermudian entrepreneurs are being invited to take part in CARIFESTA XIII Grand Market and Buyer’s Shopping Mall in Barbados.
The event, to be held between August 19 and August 26, is described as the world’s largest gathering of Caribbean arts and cu...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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Police are appealing to the public for information following the robbery of a taxi driver on Monday night.
According to police, the male driver picked up two passengers — a man and a woman believed to be in their 20s — from Cedar Avenue in the City ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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Four Bermudians were honoured at the PLP’s annual Drum Major Awards for their contributions to the island.
Marie Lilah Tucker, Lynette Harvey, Eldon Raynor and the late Allan Warner were each recognised in the event on Sunday, held as part of the par...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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Family Centre will host its annual Cycle 4 Change event this Sunday with over 150 cyclists expected to pedal along the Rail Trail to raise money for the charity.
The Elite Ride will begin at 9.45am in Dockyard with cyclists racing to Ferry Reach alo...
DATE: Feb 28, 2017
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There is perhaps no project more fulfilling than one that is close to your heart, and that can have a positive impact on both your future and the world around you.
Students at Somersfield Academy had the opportunity to exhibit “personal projects” th...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority has been given a boost in the budget, but the island’s hotels are set to lose concessions.
Finance minister Bob Richards revealed that the Tourism Authority Grant will rise from $22.7 million to $25 million.
However, he ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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Helping rebuild a devastated community in Nepal became a profoundly life-changing experience for 21-year-old David Simmons — a story that he plans to share next week at a Bermuda College lecture.
“I’m happy,” David said in the wake of his work with R...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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Bermuda’s low-income workers are caught in “a reverse Robin Hood effect”, according to economist Craig Simmons — and the tax breaks in the latest Budget do not go far enough to pull them out.
On the other hand, Keith Jensen, head of the Bermuda Emplo...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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The Government is looking into occupational pensions to ensure the system remains “responsive”, but Charles Jeffers of Age Concern questioned “how in the world they are going to produce” with less people working in Bermuda to contribute funds.
A dec...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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Social justice campaigner Martha Dismont has welcomed tax reform pledges to help the working poor, but warned they could also bring unwanted consequences.
Ms Dismont, executive director of Family Centre, described finance minister Bob Richards’s ackn...
DATE: Feb 27, 2017
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