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MPs have given the green light to a boost in Government borrowing power, raising the public debt ceiling from $375 million to $550 million.
The news comes after the actual annual borrowing figure rose from $15 million in 2005 to $88 million for 2008/...
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A number of pieces of transport-themed legislation has been approved by MPs.
The Miscellaneous Taxes (Rates) Amendment Act increases the rate of air passenger departure tax from $25 to $35 and the yacht arrival tax from $15 to $35.
The last increases...
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The Department of Immigration will be closed from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Monday so all Immigration staff can attend an important Departmental meeting.
However Immigration officials said the Department will promptly reopen at 10 a.m. and apologised in ...
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UK-based charity book ship MV Logos II has announced it has extended its stay in Bermuda until next Wednesday afternnon instead of Sunday as originally planned.
Logos II is one of three ships operated by OM International and carries a crew of 60 volu...
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Minister of Culture and Social Rehabilitation Dale Butler has joined forces with a body promoting racial equality in asking the Church of England to provide scholarships for its role in the slave trade.
In 2006, Premier Ewart Brown applauded the deci...
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We all have special heroes and who they are depends very much on our personal interests. Young sports enthusiasts admire Bermuda's Clyde Best for his superior achievements in the football world. Aspiring golfers follow the career of Tiger Woods with ...
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IF Government goes ahead and implements its massive increase in boat duty then Bermuda's most successful sport on the international stage will suffer so much that the days when the island competed in the Olympics, Pan American Games and numerous Worl...
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The public is being notified by the Ministry of Works and Engineering of the presence of trenching works in front of the new building at Winward Place, opposite the Great Things store.
The Bermuda Police Service will be placing "no parking " cones on...
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Got milk? Well if you've got full fat milk and you add some Nesquick, you've got more than seven grams of fat and more than 230 calories in each cup.
What was more surprising to Juliette Darrell when she opened her fridge to dietitian Tony Ward, was ...
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The many-faceted Pembroke Community Club that functions out of its headquarters situated on the eastern end of the old Admiralty House property on North Shore, Pembroke is one of the oldest active and still growing community clubs in the island.
Its ...
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