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A pledge to “streamline” healthcare administration so more cash can be spent on patient care was made in yesterday’s Throne Speech.
The Government said that “systemic reform” of the system was “desperately needed” if the goal of affordable universal ...
DATE: Nov 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has questioned why a private accounting firm has been drafted in to oversee Government’s economic recovery plan.
Marcus Jones, the shadow minister for economic development, also expressed concern that the plan appe...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A member of the public has lost more than $10,000 in a scam investment scheme that promised high returns.
A police spokesman highlighted a second scheme where fraudsters tried to obtain private financial details of victims.
He explained the first fra...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police today renewed an appeal for witnesses to yesterday’s fatal road accident.
A police spokesman thanked members of the public who had come forward with information on the two-vehicle crash.
But he added: “However, a renewed witness appeal is bein...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The flight path of a great blue heron that stopped off in Bermuda during a 2,000 mile-plus migration from Canada to Cuba has been tracked by a team of US scientists.
The heron, named Harper, left her summer feeding ground in New Brunswick, Canada, on...
DATE: Nov 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police and the Bermuda Coast Guard were called into action after a van slid off a road into a bay in the early hours of this morning.
The incident happened just after 5am near the swing bridge on St. David’s Road, near St George’s.
A search of the ve...
DATE: Nov 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two locations have been identified as possible sites for an offshore wind farm, according to an initial report.
But further studies need to be carried out before it can be decided if the project to bring sustainable energy to the island is viable.
Th...
DATE: Nov 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A controversial decision to set up a Bermuda Post Office online shopping service in a public-private partnership deal with a US courier firm was defended by the Government yesterday.
Island-based shipping companies were furious after it was revealed ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has described the latest employment statistics as “horrifying but not unexpected”.
Jarion Richardson, the shadow labour minister, spoke out following the release of a report showing that the economy shed 1,900 jobs...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Disagreements over the Covid-19 vaccine have created an atmosphere of “toxicity and disharmony” in the workplace, a union leader claimed yesterday.
Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said that there were “divisions” be...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan