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A growing number of young males are waiting for role models to step forward, according to Big Brothers, Big Sisters.
Speaking to the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday Patrina O’Connor, better known as Power Girl on Power 95, said the charity has seen a ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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With a “dismal” retail market due to uncertain economic times, the West End Development Corporation said it was looking to “ride out the storm”.
Its 2011 Annual Report, tabled in Friday’s House of Assembly, revealed a five percent drop in retail over...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Generous Royal Gazette readers have come to the aid of an 89-year-old man who was unable to afford anything but the most basic of groceries.
One woman, Rachael Ashford, has offered to forgo some of her nights on the town and, with the money she saves...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Bermuda needs a national plan to help increasing numbers of people below the poverty line, according to campaigner Sheelagh Cooper.
Four years ago, the Low Income Threshold for Bermuda Households in Need study found 11 percent of families fell below ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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With seemingly less money in everyone’s pockets right now, you might think charities would find crucial donations even harder to come by.
You’d be wrong, according to the Salvation Army, which has observed residents being more generous even as econom...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Being poor is no barrier to being happy, explained married couple Glenn and Althea Iris as they spoke to Tim Smith as part of The Royal Gazette’s The Cost of Living series.
He squats in an abandoned property with his wife and hasn’t had a regular jo...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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A Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute outpatient admitted causing $15,000 in damages to an ATM machine.
Paul Williams bashed in the HSBC ATM outside White’s Supermarket in Warwick with a metal pipe, Magistrates’ Court heard.
The self-confessed drug addic...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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A tighter budget this year means no overseas acts at the 74th Bermuda Agricultural Exhibition.
But the much-loved national event has all local entertainment rostered over three days, with school groups in the lower ring and Troika following tomorrow’...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Imports fell for a third successive year in 2011, as the recession dampened demand for goods.
The value of goods brought in from overseas slumped by almost eight percent last year, following the nine percent fall in 2010.
Government figures released ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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A businesswoman’s idea for fitness vacations has proved such a hit that the Fairmont Southampton has convinced her to relocate the boot-camp-style programme to the resort.
The Fairmont announced yesterday it has partnered with Norma Thomson’s Fitness...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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