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By the time this column appears the Men’s and Ladies’ Pairs Championships at the Bridge Club will have concluded, the first session held on Wednesday and the final session last night. See next week for full results.
I have some running themes to my c...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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‘No stranger should attempt any of the anchorages or channels without a pilot. — Daniel Robert Tucker, “Channels and Reefs Around Bermuda”, 1840
The history of Bermuda is intertwined with the profession of piloting, being the trade, and perhaps art,...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Budget 2014-2015 is arguably the best we’ve seen this century.
It is historic: this is Bermuda’s first multiyear budget; it is a medium-term expenditure plan (MTEP) with the operative word being plan.
For too long, we have stumbled from year-to-year...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Our Government has been hurtling along the road to fiscal ruin for the past few years. Finance Minister Bob Richards’ job yesterday was turn onto a more sustainable route, without driving the fragile economy into the ditch.
Only time will tell if he ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Former gang members are being given work to help out the community, thanks to an initiative by Habitat for Humanity Bermuda.
The group has quietly teamed up with the anti-gang programme Team Street Safe to fix up homes for needy families, free of cha...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Government has obtained an injunction from the Chief Justice to get striking Marine and Ports staff back to work.
However Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert said the injunction was “premature”, and that union lawyers have been in court ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Despite a petition against a 19-bed seniors’ home, plans for ‘interior reconfiguration’ to create the facility have been approved by the Development Applications Board.
Mrs K Lightbourne made the application for 15 Wyndham Hill, which is a listed bui...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Comparing Bermuda’s tourism experience with that offered by competitors is one of the tasks for Pat Phillip-Fairn, who has just been appointed by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
She will also look at current trends and identify development opportuniti...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that AIG will cut 1,500 jobs at the same time as its profits beat expectations
The article, reminding readers that American International Group is the US insurance company that was bailed out during the finan...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Cuts and falling benefits could severely impact the Island’s seniors if included in today’s Budget, according to Age Concern.
Chairperson of Age Concern’s advocacy committee Charles Jeffers said: “At a time when many seniors are suffering from the ef...
DATE: Feb 21, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
