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Bermuda’s “increasing diversity due to Immigration and an increase of persons choosing mixed racial heritage” are contributory factors to the Island’s changing racial composition, according to Census 2010 preliminary results.
“Eight percent of the po...
DATE: Oct 15, 2011
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Bermuda’s average age leaped from 37 to 41 in a ten-year spell, according to Census figures released yesterday.
Researchers noted the growing burden on the working population to support elderly people, with the Island’s number of seniors climbing fro...
DATE: Oct 15, 2011
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Census data confirms a sharp rise in unemployment, and the fact that more Bermudians are out of work.
On Census Day 2010 the number of unemployed totaled 2,581 persons, a rate of six percent, but is now expected to be somewhat higher at eight percent...
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A retired soldier has blasted the tattered condition of the Royal Navy flag at the Cenotaph war memorial on Front Street.
“It’s disrespectful that the flag has been left this way,” said former Sergeant Frank Thompson. “The white ensign flag of the Ro...
DATE: Oct 15, 2011
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Bermudians make up the same proportion of the population as they did in 2000, Census results show.
In 2010, there were 50,533 Bermudians and 13,513 non-Bermudians, indicating 79 percent of the Island were Bermudians and 21 percent were non-Bermudians...
DATE: Oct 15, 2011
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The number of homeless people in Bermuda has more than doubled since 2000, according to the latest Census data.
A total of 71,258 people were physically present in Bermuda on Census Day, May 20,2010 an increase of seven percent over 2000.
Of that tot...
DATE: Oct 15, 2011
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Bermuda’s unemployment rate sits at six percent with just over 2,500 people unemployed.
The official rate was one of a handful of statistics given this afternoon as Government released preliminary results of the 2010 Census of Population & Housing.
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DATE: Oct 14, 2011
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Representatives from the Island’s uniformed services and government departments are to participate in a series of joint exercises today and tomorrow.
Activities are planned in Hamilton and Dockyard.
The activities are not expected to disrupt regular ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A recovered alcoholic is appealing for help in raising $1 million to finance an addiction treatment programme for Bermuda’s young offenders.
“I call it an alternative lifestyle programme, not just drug and alcohol treatment,” said warehouse worker Br...
DATE: Oct 14, 2011
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Police last night issued an appeal to help find 15-year-old Daeshon Warner.
Daeshon was last seen around 5pm on Wednesday and is five feet, three inches tall and has short black hair, an earring in his left ear and a scar under his right eye.
He was ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2011
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