Bermuda
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BERMUDA-TOURISM-“Bermuda missing out on gay millions” – industry insiders
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Industry insiders believe old-fashioned attitudes about the lucrative gay marriage market are costing Bermuda millions of dollars in tourism revenue. They have warned that Bermuda is losing out as same-sex unions become the norm in the western world, the Bermuda Sun newspaper said in its Wednesday edition. Much of the opposition to change in Bermuda comes…
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BERMUDA- DEVELOPMENT – Premier promises help to Bermuda’s second town
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Premier Craig Cannonier has pledged to give St George's, Bermuda's second town, a facelift. On a recent fact finding tour, Cannonier, visited the town which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site, to take a look at the town’s crumbling infrastructure. He pledged not to let the east end get dragged further into decline, saying the…
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BERMUDA-FINANCE-Job cuts at Butterfield Bank
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Six employees from the Operations and Custody Departments at the Bank Butterfield have been made redundant and a further ten redundancies will be made in August. Senior Executive Vice President, Micahel Collins who made the announcement on Wednesday said there were three reasons that led to the layoffs. “We have new technologies and we have the…
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BERMUDA-REGIMENT-Soldier who went AWOL for seven years is fined and returned to duty
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — A Bermuda Regiment soldier absent without leave for seven years has been heavily fined after being caught on his return home from overseas, authorities said. The unnamed soldier — one of around 100 men who have dodged their regiment duty — was detained at the L.F. Wade International Airport when he recently returned to the island…
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BERMUDA-LABOUR-Workers tight-lipped over new contract
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Many people including tourists were left stranded Tuesday after unionised government staff downed tools to attend a meeting to discuss a new employment contract, disrupting bus and ferry service for several hours. The workers gathered at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, for the meeting which was called by Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) president Chris Furbert. Media reports…
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Bermuda to get female Deputy Governor
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — Bermuda, Britain's most populous Overseas Territory (OT), is to get a female Deputy Governor who has served in the Pitcairn Islands, Britain's smallest OT, Government House announced on Thursday. Governor George Fergusson announced career diplomat Ginny Silva will replace current Deputy Governor David Arkley in December. Silva joined the Diplomatic Service in 1987 having worked previously…
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Bermuda government accused of “sheer hardheadedness”
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — The six-month-old One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government has been accused of “sheer hardheadedness” by an independent legislator after it lost three votes in the last two parliamentary sittings. Former leader of the now defunct United Bermuda Party (UBP), Kim Swan, says government’s losing streak in the House of Assembly is a sign of a “lame duck”…
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Bermuda to borrow $800 million to cover budget deficits
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — Finance Minister Bob Richards announced on Thursday that his One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government is to borrow up to US$800 million to cover budget deficits for the next three years. Richards told the media that borrowing for the medium term in the current low interest rate environment would save the taxpayer millions of dollars in financing…
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Premier rules out gay marriage in Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Premier Craig Cannonier has ruled out gay marriage in Bermuda, declaring “under my leadership, that will not happen”. Cannonier, 50, who came to office in December, praised lawmakers for backing an amendment to human rights law in the House of Assembly last Friday which extended basic anti-discrimination protection to gay people. “I am delighted we’re moving…
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Bermuda counts cost of overweight population
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin says 70 per cent of Bermuda's adult population is overweight or obese and the island is counting the cost of additional strains being put on a struggling economy. Gordon-Pamplin, who has just returned from a meeting of health ministers in Aruba on the impact of childhood obesity, said that Bermuda’s population will…
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