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A gathering of personnel from the former US Naval Air Base will travel to the Island to reminisce on glory days, just short of 20 years since the East End facility was handed over to Bermuda.
So far, 30 people have signed up for this September’s reu...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
A shopkeeping couple accused of discriminating against a foreign customer, and insulting her because of her national origin, have had their names cleared by the Human Rights Tribunal.
However, part of the complaint would have stood — if it hadn’t bee...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
A pensions freeze will not affect social insurance pensions, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday.
A Ministry spokesman explained that a new Bill aimed at axeing regular cost of living increases would apply only to the pension funds for civil serva...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A grandfather is enjoying the fruits of four years of hard work after finally managing to grow grapes in his yard.
Green-fingered Raphael Barnett, 59, cultivated the crop at his home in Pembroke from a cutting.
“I’m not sure of the variety — I got t...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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A 20-year-old man, Jonathan Burch-DeCosta, has died as a result of a crash in the early hours of Sunday.
Mr Burch-DeCosta’s passing marks the sixth road fatality of 2014, after the death on May 22 of 60-year-old US visitor Daniel Bruce Laubacher foll...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
A mini exhibit is now open at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute detailing the $64 million-worth of treasure recently recovered from a sunken warship by a marine company directed by former Premier David Saul.
Dr Saul, director of Odyssey Ma...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Budding young entrepreneurs are invited to show their business skills during an innovative training scheme running this summer.
The Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative, in partnership with the Department of E-Commerce and the Bermuda Tourism Authority...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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Home owners who live in listed buildings are being encouraged to take advantage of interest-free loans for renovations and repairs.
Up to $100,000 per property per year is available under the scheme, which is not taken advantage of as much as it cou...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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A rating agency brought the hammer down on Bermuda’s banking sector yesterday with a bad report card citing projected credit losses of more than a billion dollars, for a period not ending for another two years.
Standard & Poor’s took various ratings ...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Butterfield Bank yesterday confirmed that it is absorbing a portion of a 0.6 percent charge applied by credit card companies for cross-border transactions.
First notice of this was a message on credit card statements Butterfield customers received th...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
