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Comparing Bermuda’s tourism experience with that offered by competitors is one of the tasks for Pat Phillip-Fairn, who has just been appointed by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
She will also look at current trends and identify development opportuniti...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Cuts and falling benefits could severely impact the Island’s seniors if included in today’s Budget, according to Age Concern.
Chairperson of Age Concern’s advocacy committee Charles Jeffers said: “At a time when many seniors are suffering from the ef...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
CedarBridge Academy will be transformed into “shopping and informational arena” for the 12th Annual Coldwell Banker Home Show.
Coldwell Banker Bermuda Realty have teamed up with the Centre on Philanthropy to fill the halls and classrooms with new pro...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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The Civil Service must be cut after the coming fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he outlined the advantages of mutualisation or privatisation.
Staff lay-offs will be inevitable unless “non-core functions” are outsourced after 2014/...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Tim Smith
The newly formed Bermuda Tourism Authority has been handed a $23.1 million Government grant to fund tourism initiatives in the coming year.
That figure is $4.2 million — or 15 percent — less than the $27.3 million allocated to Government’s Bermuda De...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Power firm BELCO’s monopoly on energy supply will be broken, Finance Minister Bob Richards said in his Budget speech.
Mr Richards said the firm’s lack of competition was a contributing factor to the Island’s failure to climb out of the recession.
But...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Soaring healthcare costs threaten to bankrupt Government unless the One Bermuda Alliance can put the brakes on “a runaway fast car”, Finance Minister Bob Richards said today.
The Minister warned an ageing population is putting increasing demands on h...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Tim Smith
A police motorcyclist crashed into an area of marsh near Barnes Corner, Southampton this morning after losing control of his machine during a training exercise.
The officer was taken to hospital suffering from chest injuries.
Earlier today two men, ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is seeking private partners to help fund a major redevelopment of the Causeway and airport.
Finance Minister Bob Richards unveiled the news during his Budget statement this morning.
Describing the plan as “the most strategically important,...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The days of the 60/40 ownership rule appear numbered after Finance Minister Bob Richards declared it was blocking foreign investment which could restore Bermuda to prosperity.
In his Budget Statement, Mr Richards described the regulation — which guar...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Tim Smith
