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Lance Haynes got a baptism of fire as he helped battle one of the largest blazes in recent times only months into the job.
Now he is the 2018 Firefighter of the Year, only two years after he and colleagues tackled the major fire that destroyed a buil...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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The average life span of a dog is between 10 and 12 years; cats live 2 to 16. After that comes the heartbreak.
For 20 years veterinarian Lucy Richardson has helped pick up the pieces when necessary.
She’s now behind a dedicated effort, a Facebook gro...
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While our politicians spent the new year attempting to mitigate the embarrassment of their longstanding, adamant denials of Bermuda’s indubitable status as a tax haven being now well and truly exposed as a farce, much of the rest of the island were a...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Robert Stubbs
Kirsten Badenduck, an insurance executive who became a champion for the disabled, has died. Ms Badenduck was 69.
She was confined to a wheelchair after she suffered serious injuries in 2002 car crash while on holiday in Northern California.
But Ms Ba...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Entrepreneurs should view Bermuda’s ageing population as an opportunity, a leading business adviser has claimed.
Erica Smith is the executive director of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation, which is designed to assist the Government in enco...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Duncan Hall
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said tax increases included in the Pre-Budget Report were being considered, but were not guaranteed.
However, he told an audience at a public meeting last night that if taxes on commercial and residential re...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s shifting population demographics over the next seven years are expected to present significant challenges for the island’s business community.
As outlined in the recently released report, Bermuda’s Population Projections, 2016-2026, the isl...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Lawyers for Ewart Brown, a doctor and former premier, have called for an investigation after they alleged police used sensitive patient information to pressure a potential witness as part of an inquiry into his medical practices.
They wrote to John R...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
Billions of dollars of Bermudians’ savings have left the island over the past decade and that is at the heart of the island’s economic problems.
That is the view of economist Robert Stubbs, who believes that household savings and the profits of local...
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A team of 15 from New York-based Keegan Ales mixed business with pleasure when they took part in the Butterfield & Vallis 5K road race on Sunday.
The brewery has been promoting its products on the island. Butterfield & Vallis is its on-island distrib...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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