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An announcement that stores could soon be able to sell spirits on Sundays has been welcomed by the Chamber of Commerce.
Reacting to the Speech from the Throne, Chamber president Ronnie Viera said: “[We] have always advocated for the relaxation of liq...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Lower energy costs for consumers could be in the pipeline after Government pledged yesterday to open up the energy market to more competition.
And the move could also make the Island more attractive to outside investors by lowering the cost of doing ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Financial relief for struggling families and a pledge to get more Bermudians back to work through economic growth are to be cornerstones of Government policies for the coming year.
But as well as presenting “practical, responsible” initiatives to tac...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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Funds garnered for the Government “cash back for communities” using the proceeds of crime to fight gang and gun violence in Bermuda, will also support Team Street Safe.
The anti-gang mediation programme is an off shoot from Operation Ceasefire implem...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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Berkeley Institute students marched in a show of respect for former school principal, educator and social justice campaigner Clifford Maxwell.
The funeral at St Theresa’s Cathedral in Hamilton yesterday was packed with Berkeleyites of all ages, inclu...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
The days of conscription appear numbered after the One Bermuda Alliance made a Throne Speech pledge to eliminate it during this legislative session.
But the OBA was accused of delaying the issue by blocking the Progressive Labour Party’s ‘Abolition o...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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Tim Smith
The annual Remembrance Day Parade, honouring persons who served in the two World Wars, is scheduled for Monday.
Governor George Fergusson and Premier Craig Cannonier will lead dignitaries in laying wreaths at the Cenotaph and the War Memorial at Cabi...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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The Premier, Craig Cannonnier and Members of Parliament gathered at the grounds of the Cabinet to hear the Governor, George Fergusson, deliver the Speech from the Throne, which outlines the Government’s legislative agenda for the year ahead. Followin...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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John White, a former advertising executive, musician and writer who pioneered topical comedy and satire in Bermuda, has died at the age of 78.
Mr White joined the fledgling Advertising Associates-Compton (AAC) company in 1964 and after taking charge ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Sloop Foundation will host an interactive lecture with Dr Michael Jarvis, author of “In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World” next week.
The lecture, entitled “Maritime Bermuda: What the 18th Century ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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