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Literacy should be a priority for spending in education in today’s Budget, according to the Bermuda Education Network. Executive director Becky Ausenda claims that nearly all the education experts within the network, including education officers, pri...

Every week hundreds of containers full of fresh produce are loaded onto the Bermuda Islander and the Oleander in New Jersey to be carried across the Atlantic to the Island’s supermarkets. Often the crews of the two vessels endure treacherous weather ...

A Sandys man who unleashed a “barrage of offensive words” against police officers has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to undergo counselling. Taiheed Talbot, 36, who told Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe during his court case that he was “s...

Downpours after a night of thunder brought flooding, road closures and outages around the Island, as high tides coincided with a rise in sea levels. Mills Creek, a perennial problem spot, was so badly awash that area businesses may chip in to raise t...

Payroll tax relief should remain in place for retail and restaurant operations or jobs will be lost, say business owners who have put it at the top of their Budget wish list. The Bermuda Government’s Budget for 2015-16 will be delivered today at 10a...

The plight of dogs left tethered and alone in a field has prompted concerned members of the public to voice frustration at the inability of animal authorities to address the issue. The owners of the dogs are not believed to be breaching any laws but ...

Union leaders have said that while they understand that government spending will need to be cut in the Budget, they hope it will be balanced with ideas to increase revenue. Bermuda Public Services Union president Jason Hayward said that he is not com...

The 200th anniversary of the death of Midshipman Dale will be marked this weekend in St George’s. Midshipman Richard Sutherland Dale became the final casualty of the War of 1812 when he died in St George’s on February 22, 1815, at the age of 20. Mids...

A congregation has launched a public appeal for funds to help to repair its church hall roof that was damaged in October’s two hurricanes. The hall at Saint James’ the Greater Anglican Church, in Sandys, suffered major damage in Hurricanes Fay and Go...

If the Budget were Christmas, “expect Scrooge instead of Santa Claus”, says Charles Jeffers, the deputy chairman of Age Concern. Seniors advocates would like to see an increase in monthly pensions, but Mr Jeffers has conceded that it would take “a mi...