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Standardised fees helped to deliver a cut in the spend on hospital services from 2017 to 2018, the Bermuda Health Council said today.
Tiara Carlington, a project manager for public health research and programmes, said the change was a significant fin...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An environmental group said yesterday it wanted to work more closely with other organisations as part of a new strategy to help protect nature.
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce added it had also reorganised its management structure ...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A courtroom has been refitted to cut the risk of coronavirus transmission so Supreme Court trials can restart.
Partitions were installed to shield jurors, staff and lawyers who use the Supreme Court in Sessions House.
Trials are expected to resume ne...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A report was made to police after a young scooter rider was chased by people on another bike.
Police said that video footage of the incident has spread on social media.
The incident was reported to have happened when a young man was riding an auxilia...
DATE: Nov 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A restaurant team has made thousands of meals for people in need since the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
More than 10,000 meals have been prepared and delivered by Huckleberry Restaurant, which is part of the Rosedon Hotel on Pitts Bay Road.
Scott Kitson, t...
DATE: Nov 05, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 400 coronavirus test results came back clear yesterday, the Ministry of Health said this afternoon.
None of the 409 samples received was positive.
Bermuda has had 206 total confirmed cases.
There are 18 active cases, which were all importe...
DATE: Nov 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Residents were warned by police to be wary of a growing number of scams designed to look like investment opportunities.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said the public should be "alert to individuals who may attempt to fraudulently obtain money fr...
DATE: Nov 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The chairman of an insurance company group has been appointed as an independent member of the Senate, it was announced this morning.
John Wight, the chief executive officer at BF&M, will fill the seat vacated by James Jardine, who stepped down after ...
DATE: Nov 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A magistrate has launched a legal action against a friend he claimed was driving his BMW last year when it crashed, which led to both men being charged with refusal of a breath test.
Lawyers for Khamisi Tokunbo filed a Writ of Summons at the Supreme ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A descendant of Tucker’s Town residents said yesterday that he felt “not important” when a cemetery was “desecrated” in 2012.
Eugene Stovell told the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Loss in Bermuda that he was “extremely angry” at the way a ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter