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Statistics don’t give the full picture of life in Bermuda, Craig Cannonier has warned.
The Premier said the fact that incomes have risen, according to Government’s latest spending survey, doesn’t depict the true gravity of Bermuda’s problems.
“Statis...
DATE: Jan 27, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cash-strapped Bermudians are struggling to pay back loans, the latest figures from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) reveal.
The number of loans classed as “non-performing” by the island’s financial watchdog is continuing to rise.
A BMA report sai...
DATE: Jan 27, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Island’s Filipino community will have a chance to discuss matters of interest next month with a visiting team from the Philippine Embassy in Washington, DC.
Delegates also plan to speak with local officials, including Home Affairs Minister Michae...
DATE: Jan 27, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A private insurer has started selling flood insurance policies in Florida, signalling new opportunities ahead for Bermuda catastrophe reinsurers.
Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company became the first admitted carrier in Florida to ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
The Bermuda Regiment 2014 Recruit Camp Passing Out Parade. (Photos by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Jan 25, 2014
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A school meals programme for hungry students at CedarBridge Academy has received a $10,000 windfall from Belco after its struggles with funding made headlines.
“The response we’ve had has been very generous and healthy,” said school social worker Mar...
DATE: Jan 25, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda residents have more disposable income in their pockets than a decade ago, according to new financial statistics.
And they are spending more of their earnings on entertainment and recreation than they did in 2004, while spending on housing, cl...
DATE: Jan 25, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The cause of death for a snowy owl blown to the Island last year is still unknown after an inconclusive autopsy.
Conservationist David Wingate said he had suspected the bird may have been killed by secondary poisoning — eating a rat which had itself ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
When business owner Denise Richardson took her company to a new site in a Pembroke industrial park, she settled on an innovative way of brightening her concrete surroundings.
“I decided to think outside the box,” the head of Sprint International Expr...
DATE: Jan 25, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Craig Cannonier will be travelling to New York next week to meet with cruise line officials, along with representatives for both the US and the UK.
The Premier will be joined on the trip by Cabinet Secretary Derrick Binns and representative of the Go...
DATE: Jan 25, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
