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Government spending has exceeded tax revenue in every year this century. A series of deficits¹ ensued, culminating in a debt of $2.7 billion. This state of affairs led the Government in 2015 to create the Fiscal Responsibility Panel, an advisory grou...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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A new dock has been built at an East End park, despite the lack of government approval for the work.
Workers at the site said the dock, at Rocky Hill Park in St George’s, was a replacement for one that had fallen into disrepair.
A worker at the site,...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A garbage collector was hurt after an unemptied spray paint can exploded over a three-man crew.
A Ministry of Public Works spokesman said that the aerosol can exploded when the bag it was in was put in the government trash truck’s waste compactor and...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A charity set up to protect Bermuda’s bluebirds has appealed to the public to help them save the species.
Stuart Smith, of the Bermuda Bluebird Society, said the group hoped to collect information about eastern bluebird nests island-wide so they coul...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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Interested in eating out again but not sure how safe it is?
The Hamilton Princess & Beach Club invited this reporter to a meal at the hotel’s Crown & Anchor Terrace to see what dining out was like in the Covid-19 era.
“We know some people have been n...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Astoria Smith spent Father’s Day weekend giving pedicures, for free.
Eighteen women who lost their jobs as a result of Covid-19 had their feet buffed and their toenails clipped and coloured at Lacquered Lounge, her St George’s spa.
Her belief: people...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation is launching a virtual social media campaign to highlight Bermuda businesses and encourage local shopping.
The campaign focuses on micro, small and medium size enterprises.
“MSMEs play a vital role in st...
DATE: Jun 25, 2020
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2020 Ag Show (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Jun 24, 2020
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The historical seasons have changed, and once again, America’s trees are bearing a strange and bitter fruit — dead black bodies. In less than one month, six black people have been found hanging from trees, in California, Georgia, New York, Oregon and...
DATE: Jun 24, 2020
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Whoever put the noose in Bubba Wallace’s garage gave Nascar and all the rest of us permission to quit our romance with the rebel South, to finally leave that doomed relationship, with its phoney harlot beauty.
The stock car drivers who marched on th...
DATE: Jun 24, 2020
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