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Senators urged the Government to focus on job creation yesterday and raised concerns about the provision of affordable housing.
A new line-up of legislators met to debate the Throne Speech, delivered by John Rankin, the Governor, earlier this month.
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DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A three-pronged threat from chronic health problems and an ageing population could lead to a leap in the number of Alzheimer’s disease sufferers, a British expert warned yesterday.
Tim Forester-Morgan said diabetes, heart disease and an ageing popula...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Staff at telecoms firm One Communications have returned to work after several days of industrial action.
The company and the Bermuda Industrial Union said yesterday an “amicable resolution” had been reached in the dispute, which was sparked by the te...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Images of three cultural icons taken by one of the world’s greatest portrait photographers are now being shown together in Bermuda.
Prints showing boxer Muhammad Ali, British Second World War Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and American artist G...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A farmer has pledged to support young people growing crops and raising chickens as part of a scheme designed to deter them from violence, Members of Parliament heard.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the man had offered his help ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The views of organisations that commented on proposed reforms to healthcare financing are expected to be made public in the next few weeks.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, told MPs a task force set up to review two options first presented six years ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Charities have called for more attention to women’s problems and streamlined services to help struggling families in the wake of Government’s Throne Speech.
Leaders of the Women’s Resource Centre and housing organisation Habitat for Humanity of Bermu...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
International businesses would be “more than willing” to focus a greater amount of their investments locally, the Opposition leader has claimed.
Craig Cannonier said that if industry bosses appreciated the financial benefit to their companies and had...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Mothers grieving the death of a child heard their heartbreak is shared all over the world, and “there is always hope”.
Sybrina Fulton, whose son Trayvon Martin’s fatal shooting prompted the international Black Lives Matter movement, was in Bermuda to...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A team of school students helped transform the garden of a former rest home in a major project to tidy up the land.
More than 30 pupils from Warwick Academy joined Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda to battle overgrown vegetation at the vacant property....
DATE: Nov 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter