Bermuda’s gross domestic product increased by 0.1 per cent to $6.5 billion in 2018, the Government announced today.
GDP is a measure of economic activity that captures the value of goods and services produced within a country during a given period.
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DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Economy | AUTHOR: Duncan Hall
The inflation rate fell to 0.8 per cent in September, down from 1.5 per cent the month before.
The Consumer Price Index was 106.1, meaning that a basket of goods and services that cost $100 in April 2015, would have cost $106.10 in September.
Year-on...
DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Business Staff
What does every child who is brought into this world need and deserve?
Every child needs unconditional love and protection, provided by those who brought them into this world.
Parenting can be one of the most difficult but most rewarding responsibil...
DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Debi Ray-Rivers
A high proportion of children who enter institutionalised care, whether they stay in Bermuda or get sent abroad, end up in trouble as adults, it has been claimed.
But the Department of Child and Family Services does not appear to collect statistics o...
Philadelphia set up a task force to investigate youth residential care after 17-year-old David Hess died at the hands of staff at a centre for troubled teens and youth campaigners spoke out about mistreatment.
The result was a report released on Nove...
A march designed to encourage men to become role models for schoolchildren has the backing of education authorities, the Government said yesterday.
A spokeswoman for the Government said: “The Department of Education has confirmed that Mr Crockwell d...
BHS are pleased to announce a new Bursary Programme for qualified students entering Upper Primary in Years 4,5 and 6. Head of School, Linda Parker said, “We are very grateful to our generous donors who are prepared to invest in Bermuda’s future femal...
Joan Murdoch joined the Bermuda Society of Interior Designers in 1984; Darcy Robertson, in 2002. One of their great frustrations is that people don’t always understand what it is they do.
An interior designer is who you need if you’re looking for som...
The national security minister denied nepotism after he appointed his mother to a government board.
Wayne Caines said the selection of Shurnett Caines for the Treatment of Offenders Board was based on merit.
He added that the appointment was made bec...
Bermuda has two residential homes for children in care and both need a string of improvements, people with inside knowledge have said.
The sources said the buildings, the staff and the care provided all needed to be upgraded.
The Royal Gazette spoke ...
