Cash-strapped citizens have withdrawn more than $17 million from their workplace pensions since the rules on accessing retirement savings were relaxed.
Hundreds of people have tapped into their pension pots to pay for rent, school fees, mortgages and...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s public primary schools fell below international averages in the results of the most recent Cambridge Primary Checkpoint results.
The figures, which date back to May of 2015, show Bermuda lagging behind in English, math and science compared ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Four Bermudian-based women have passed a tough exam for company directors.
Tracey Gibbons, senior vice-president of specialty insurance at Allied World Re, passed the Institute of Directors’ Certificate in Company Direction with distinction.
And Judi...
Nickelback is one of my favourite rock bands. A group of guys from Hanna, Alberta, Canada who have created a number of great hits. One of my favourites is Rock Star.
After listening to the tune I couldn’t help but think of central bankers. That’s ri...
Commissioners grappled at length with the controversial decision to grant charity status to Preserve Marriage on a one-year probationary basis, The Royal Gazette has learnt.
The group, which opposes same-sex marriage, was approved by the Charities Co...
DATE: Apr 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Erma Butterfield was a brilliant dancer and an icon of Bermuda in her heyday.
The mother of two, who was described as “a ray of sunshine”, has died at the age of 87.
“From what I can gather, dancing was her life,” her daughter, Renee Lawrence, said. ...
The latest data dump leaks, the largest in history, were released this week by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
The Panama Papers, so called as the leaks came from a Panamanian law firm, implicated 140 very high-level polit...
The Inter-Agency Committee for Children and Families is hosting its Annual General Membership meeting next week.
Minister of Community, Culture, and Sport Patricia Gordon Pamplin is expected to make a representation along with two of Bermuda’s young...
DATE: Apr 09, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Generally speaking, you actually are what you eat. And if you eat a diet consistently high in sugar, processed food and saturated fat, you are more likely than not a diabetic-in-waiting.
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Bermuda, at once one of th...
The group advocating against same-sex unions, Preserve Marriage Bermuda, has been granted charitable status by the Registrar General having passed “the public benefit test”.
The confirmation letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs, seen by this ne...
DATE: Apr 09, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
