A struggling charity that issued a plea for help this month in The Royal Gazette has since been “inundated” with calls of support.
Allison Figureido, the founder and director of BSMART Foundation, said yesterday she had held meetings with accountants...
DATE: Apr 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Falling house prices in Bermuda mean the threshold for properties which come under rent control is to be reduced.
Homes with an annual rental value of $27,000 or less are regulated by the Rent Commission to give tenants in lower-value properties secu...
DATE: Apr 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Members of the Public Accounts Committee are at loggerheads over whether chairman David Burt should have ordered a senior civil servant to provide them with the full agreement on the new airport.
Correspondence obtained by The Royal Gazette reveals t...
DATE: Apr 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Government has rejected a freedom of information request for a raft of documents detailing how the new multimillion-dollar airport deal will work.
And it has also refused to release a legal opinion on whether Bermuda needs the approval of...
DATE: Apr 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
More than 60 employees from Tokio Millennium Re helped charities with work ranging from digging out roots to preparing meals.
The reinsurance firm held its fourth annual Day of Giving which sees employees working on projects that benefit different pa...
Two primary schools in the East End have recorded the island’s best average grades throughout the past four years, according to results from the Cambridge International Examinations.
St George’s Preparatory was the only school to average in the “very...
DATE: Apr 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Plans have been dusted off for a new block of luxury condominiums in Hamilton, seven years after the original project was stopped in its tracks due to a combination of an overheated property market and the economic downturn.
Developer Gilbert Lopes ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
People are being urged to reconsider how they view those who have experienced sexual assaults amid concerns victims are often blamed for the crimes against themselves.
Survivors are also being urged to speak about their experiences this month to help...
An extreme athlete planning to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in a bubble is considering his options after being given an ultimatum by the US Coast Guard.
Using a home-made “hydro pod”, 44-year-old Reza Baluchi had announced plans to run to Bermuda be...
DATE: Apr 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
This the third part in the New Retirement series.
Should you pay off your mortgage before you retire? This is probably the most common question posed to me (along with “will we run out of money”) in the many years of my retirement counselling profess...
