Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge has defended his administration’s overseas trips and consultant spending, saying Bermuda has to go out and “tell our story” to bring in new business.
“We’re trying to do our part to help Government to sell Bermuda,” ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
When Alonzo Richards, 15 was first approached about taking part in a new corporate mentor programme at Butterfield Bank, he was reluctant.
“I wanted to be a marine biologist,” he said. “Then my mom talked to my school principal (Kalmar Richards of Ce...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
A Hamilton massage centre has just introduced a new “Revitalise” service.
And Sabai Thai Body Balancing and Massage Centre has introduced a series of special offers to cut the cost of feeling good.
The Front Street centre’s new Revitalise massage is ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
When local charity Cornerstone Foundation opted to host a Christmas store last year, allowing low income families the chance to shop for their own groceries and presents at greatly reduced prices, they weren’t sure how people would respond.
Then the...
Three out of four voters believe the business community is not sacrificing enough during the economic crisis.
According to a poll by Mindmaps, 76 percent of people do not think business is “doing all it can to share sacrifices” in the recession.
Just...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Two local authors — and a jolly old fellow from the North Pole — will be the special guests at a reading festival hosted by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
The 14th Annual Children’s Reading Festival — set to take place in Victoria Park on Saturday ...
A former Berkeley head boy killed in a traffic collision this weekend has been hailed as a Bermudian gem.
Uthmani Talbot, 24, from Smiths, died on Saturday morning as a result of injuries suffered in a traffic collision on Harrington Sound Road.
Acco...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Thirty-eight Berkeley Institute students will be getting a jump-start on college credits after taking the Bermuda College’s Placement Exam earlier in the school year.
The S4 students are now eligible for dual-enrolment during the Bermuda College’s 20...
November 29, 2013
Dear Sir,
I was sitting among a few pundits, each who at various levels have exerted influence in business; politics and even one, an author whose opinion is highly respected on economic matters. We were discussing the SAGE report, ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
The Royal Gazette account of last Wednesday’s meeting on the SAGE Commission, suggests that this Report has engendered fear among many.
One attendee reportedly described the Report as a ‘declaration of war’ and urged his fellows to ‘think like soldie...
