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Finance Minister Bob Richards said the PLP encouraging a bank to increase credit and give loans ten years ago, “aiding and abetting” the economic downturn.
During the House of Assembly on Friday, the minister said he recently discovered a 2003 memora...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin would have preferred to identify Tai Homespa as the source of a drug-resistant infection that hit the Island in September.
The Royal Gazette identified the Hamilton spa as the “point source” of the outbreak, wh...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Sandra Taylor Rouja will be signing copies of her new multilingual book of poetry tomorrow at the Bermuda College.
‘I Sing of the Sea or Canto Do Mar’, is her second book and is in bookstores now.
“Writing has been a way to hold on to those happy mom...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
The Family Centre is “elated” after Gorham’s Ltd donated $10,000 towards the charity’s year-end fundraising campaign.
“We are tremendously grateful to Gorham’s for championing this launch of our fundraising campaign,” said Family Centre executive dir...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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A same-sex couple was turned away from several rental apartments and treated with hostility by Bermuda Immigration, it has been alleged.
In a recent Facebook posting Jameka Smith wrote that she and her wife, Charlene, struggled to find a place to liv...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Major changes must be made to fix the unsustainable Government pension system, according to an economist.
Economist Robert Stewart said the SAGE Commission Report clearly highlights that difficult decisions must be made to fix the massively underfund...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Independent MP Terry Lister has called for the creation of a price control board to limit the increasing cost of essential foods.
Mr Lister said that while the recently announced weekly ten percent discount at several of the Island’s supermarkets had...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Anna Cann sees her two new books of inspirational poetry as gifts from God.
After years of selling other people’s artwork and antiques at the now defunct Heritage House, Mrs Cann decided to take up painting in her retirement. But last Labour Day the ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Promising netballer Asante Chapman has been named on a shortlist of nominees for a prestigious UK award.
The Bermudian is among three players who have been nominated for the Surrey Sports Park Young Sports Personality of the Year Award.
The 2013 Surr...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Colin Thompson
A scheme to boost new business start-ups is to host its last lunch for would-be entrepreneurs tomorrow (Tues).
Bermuda Emerging Professionals (BEPRO), part of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, will run a “lunch ‘n’ learn” event at the Chamber HQ off ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
