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"Give PRCs full status"

October 3, 2011 Dear Sir, One reason families are leaving Bermuda is lack of status. Even PRCs are second class. They’ve been here a minimum of 22 years, some 40 or more. They can’t vote and some pay property taxes from which status-holders are exem...
Oct 13, 2011
Other

"Planning approves skate park plan"

Plans to turn a vacant lot in north Hamilton into a skate park have been approved by the Planning Board. However, Darren Booth of the Urban Park Association (UPA) said they are still looking for sponsors to help get the project off the ground. “It’s ...
Sep 27, 2011
Other

"Crowds turn out for Grand Atlantic open house"

Crowds of people braved the rain on Saturday to look around the Bermuda Housing Corporation's new Grand Atlantic apartments. More than 150 families viewed the development on South Road, Warwick, and 16 out of the first 24 units have already been sold...
Sep 19, 2011
Other

"Crowds turn out for Grand Atlantic open house"

By Elizabeth Roberts Crowds of people braved the rain yesterday to look around the Bermuda Housing Corporation’s new Grand Atlantic apartments. More than 150 families viewed the development on South Road, Warwick, and 16 out of the first 24 units hav...
Sep 18, 2011
Other

"Harbour View Village formally opened"

Government lottery winner Joanne Wellman says she’s “loving the space” at her dream home after sharing a bedroom with her son at her dad’s house for six years. The mom says she “just can’t stop smiling” as she walks around admiring her new two-bedroo...
Sep 06, 2011
Other

"House Hunters International TV show turns spotlight on Bermuda"

Two Bermuda real estate agents will feature on popular TV show House Hunters International next week. Nakia Warner helped a family from Vancouver find a new home on the Island, while Rebecca Dunstan helped two young women from London relocate. The sh...
Aug 26, 2011
Other

"How should small businesses back up their data?"

It’s not just the Island’s large companies that should be worrying about backing up their data in the event of a disaster. The HWP fire brought the issue to the forefront, but for many small and home-based businesses cost is a concern, especially in ...
Aug 17, 2011
Politics

"Senate passes bill allowing people to tap into pensions"

Hard-up tenants facing “imminent” eviction can now tap into their pensions to pay off rent arrears after the Senate gave the green light to new legislation. The National Pension Scheme (Financial Hardship) Amendment Regulations 2011 allow people acce...
Jul 22, 2011
Politics

"OBA: 3% pension increase ‘woefully inadequate’"

The three percent pension increase is “woefully inadequate” for seniors because of rising healthcare costs, according to the One Bermuda Alliance. Opposition MPs told the House of Assembly the additional funds would mean very little to seniors as mos...
Jul 12, 2011
Politics

"Allowing people to tap into pensions is sensible - Premier"

Allowing hard-up tenants facing “imminent” eviction to tap into their pensions to pay off rent arrears is a “sensible” plan, according to Premier Paula Cox. The Finance Minister told the House of Assembly the current economic crisis was continuing to...
Jul 12, 2011
Other

"Hard times predicted for future seniors"

Future seniors face abject poverty unless Santa Claus bails them out because there’s so little in Bermuda’s pensions pot, according to economist Robert Stewart. Mr Stewart, a fierce critic of Government’s handling of pensions, says new figures reveal...
Jun 14, 2011
Other

"New low-cost homes set to come onto the market"

Bermuda’s latest affordable condos will feel “more like a hotel than your home,” according to Minister Walter Roban. The Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure has revealed the first phase of 24 units at the Grand Atlantic development w...
Jun 10, 2011
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