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Dear Jason Hayward,
While I’m not in agreement with the entire contents of your February 23 press statement [regarding the reduction in payroll concessions], I wholeheartedly concur with your sentiments expressed in the last two sentences: “Unless a...
DATE: Mar 03, 2015
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Glenn Fubler
Public sector workers could be laid off this fiscal year, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned as he lamented the union leadership’s refusal to continue with furlough days.
Mr Richards said job losses could no longer be ruled out as Government trims ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2015
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Tim Smith
The Bermuda Government will have to borrow another $125 million in the next fiscal year, adding to its $2 billion-plus of outstanding debts.
Of the $800 million that the Government borrowed less than two years ago to see it through multiple years of...
DATE: Feb 21, 2015
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Jonathan Kent
Glimpses of recovery can be seen in the Budget, according to Bob Richards, Minister of Finance, who characterised the latest Budget as part of a multi-year national recovery plan. Mr Richards got applause from colleagues when he told MPs that the cur...
DATE: Feb 20, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Merger-mania in the international business sector could cost jobs in Bermuda, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned yesterday.
Mr Richards said that companies in the field remained strong, but that spending by international business on the Island had ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The arrival of three United States historical groups later this year to mark the 240th anniversary of the Bermuda Gunpowder Plot will benefit the Island’s charities.
Members of Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, an...
DATE: Feb 05, 2015
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The Bermuda Trade Union Congress (BTUC) and its members should reconsider the question of whether to agree to one furlough day per month or make some compromise related to the number of furlough days to be considered by its members.
The trouble Ber...
DATE: Feb 04, 2015
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A Pembroke mother woke up yesterday morning with no food in the cupboard to feed her three children — one of whom is a baby — and no money with which to buy desperately needed groceries.
O’Keisha Clarke lives with her three children in a bright, fair...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015
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Rebecca Zuill
Born Michael King Jr on this day in 1929, MLK’s life was a journey of transformation. His father had declared independence as a teen; turning around a challenged background through perseverance and some luck.
Daddy King changed their names to “Martin...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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Glenn Fubler
Six women, who were struggling to make ends meet, have been given a “gift of education” to help them achieve financial independence.
The Bermuda Women’s Council has given all six gift vouchers worth $140 that can be used in the Bermuda College books...
DATE: Jan 09, 2015
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