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The first annual fiscal responsibility assessment for Bermuda was tabled in the House of Assembly this morning by Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance.
The report was compiled by an independent panel after discussions last month. The three-person pa...
DATE: Dec 11, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Eight schools received $30,000 each this week as part of PartnerRe Ltd’s Dollars for Hours project.
The initiative, which pairs student volunteers with charities on community projects, has involved 1,700 students and raised more than $2 million since...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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One thousand toys will be given to disadvantaged children this Christmas, thanks to an initiative by real estate company Coldwell Banker.
Toys for Tots 2015 collected unopened gifts for youngsters aged from newborn to 16, which went to the Coalition ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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With just a single tap in the centre of the village providing 2,000 residents with water, it is not a life of luxury in Muhiyo.
But as well as tackling poverty in their eye-opening trip to Malawi, Bermuda Overseas Missions members found themselves bu...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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A complaint will probably be made to the Human Rights Commission about a hotel’s refusal to host two talks by a same-sex marriage opponent.
Melvyn Bassett, spokesman for a group going by the names Preserve Marriage and Concerned Citizens of Bermuda, ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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“In everything, give thanks,” declared war veteran Randolph Hayward when the Bermuda Legion came to his home with early Christmas gifts.
Mr Hayward, a Second World War veteran from the First Battalion, Caribbean Regiment, Bermuda Contingent, was gree...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
A conservative Catholic author best known for her opposition to contraception will give a talk to churchgoers this evening.
Kimberly Hahn, a Republic city councillor in Ohio, will speak at St Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church in Warwick at 7pm.
A notic...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Weather Service advises that the severe weather watch it recently issued is no longer active.
BWS put out a warning that included the possibility of tornado activity.
Tonight’s departing British Airways flight is listed as delayed; so fa...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
New legislation has been put forward to help the Corporation of Hamilton deal with its financial challenges, but more work must still be done.
While amendments to increase the Municipality’s ability to collect parking revenue and increase its debt ce...
DATE: Dec 09, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A legal ruling giving the public unprecedented access to court documents will not apply to ongoing civil cases filed before December 1, the Supreme Court has confirmed.
The judgment by Chief Justice Ian Kawaley, which has been enshrined in a practice...
DATE: Dec 09, 2015
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