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Parliamentarians could be in for a long night when the state of the Island’s hospitals is debated in the House of Assembly during today’s session.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin has put forward a take note motion on a review of the Bermuda H...
DATE: Jul 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Shadow Health Minister Zane DeSilva has issued a robust defence of the running of Bermuda’s hospitals under his watch.
Mr DeSilva, who was Health Minister between November 2010 and December 2012, spoke out after the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) reve...
DATE: Jul 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
New employment contracts accepted by staff at a fast-food restaurant are exactly the same as those they rejected on the advice of union bosses more than a year ago.
And the Bermuda Industrial Union will now have to pay legal costs after it abandoned ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Taxpayers will be hit with a six-figure bill after the former Government launched a doomed bid to get a legal ruling overturned.
Yesterday The Royal Gazette revealed that Government had hired a costly legal team to appeal the decisions of two indepen...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
For years it remained a political hot potato that many Parliamentarians chose to avoid for fear of losing valuable votes.
But yesterday the once-controversial question of outlawing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation overcame its fina...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A new Tourism Authority should be up and running by the end of the current Parliamentary session, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell.
In January, Mr Crockwell announced plans to create the new, non-political body which would be responsible...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Public transport schedules ground to a halt for almost three hours yesterday after Government staff attended a union meeting to discuss a new employment contract.
There was standing room only at the Seventh-day Adventist Church on King Street, where...
DATE: Jul 03, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Some of the Island’s top maths whizzes should find it easier to balance their budget books when they head off to university in September — thanks to some financial support from Belco.
The Bermuda Electric Light Company has presented seven graduating...
DATE: Jul 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Daring thieves are believed to have made off with a 17-foot boat which was snatched from its mooring in Mill Creek, Pembroke in the past week.
The white Boston Whaler, which has a white Bimini top and a grey Yamaha engine named Theta — registration n...
DATE: Jul 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Public Service Union has criticised the SAGE Commission for making “unnecessary” and “negative” remarks that tarnish the entire Civil Service.
And the union has suggested that Civil Service heads should be blamed for any faults within the...
DATE: Jul 02, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
