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A catalogue of poor management decisions at KEMH helped cause health costs to rise without necessarily improving standards, it has been alleged.
In his letters to Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin and the public, BHB Chairman Jonathan Brewin sa...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Island’s hospitals are facing a cash crisis that could see the Bermuda Hospitals Board go into debt within the year, according to health chiefs.
And while an increased “utilisation” of health services is partially to blame for the Island’s skyroc...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda Public Services Union president Kevin Grant has sought to distance himself from remarks he made in The Royal Gazette concerning possible job cuts in the Civil Service.
On Friday, Mr Grant told this newspaper that he acknowledged that the serv...
DATE: Jun 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Road safety expert Joseph Froncioni opted for a more slow-paced mode of transport to get around the Island yesterday.
But that doesn’t mean to say the alcohol awareness campaigner and former head of the Road Safety Council had a leisurely journey.
Fo...
DATE: Jun 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The bill for cleaning up pollutants left by the US Navy at Morgan’s Point could be lower than originally estimated according to site developer Craig Christensen.
The former Progressive Labour Party Government agreed to take responsibility for the cle...
DATE: Jun 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The first phase of a $2 billion hotel, golf course and marina resort at Morgan’s Point could be open for business by the beginning of 2016, according to developers.
And Craig Christensen is confident that the new hotel — and Bermuda as a whole — has...
DATE: Jun 24, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The head of Bermuda’s white-collar union has acknowledged that the Civil Service may be overstaffed — and believes that it must downsize in order to become sustainable.
Bermuda Public Services Union president Kevin Grant also acknowledged that the un...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government has imposed a cap on scholarship funds which have provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial assistance to gifted students.
New legislation tabled in the House of Assembly today will put a ceiling of $35,000 on each of eight gr...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Claims that Government has wasted taxpayer cash by chartering a private boat to support public ferry services have been dismissed as "laughable" and "malicious" by Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell.
And the Minister also rubbished suggestions that G...
DATE: Jun 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government’s charter of a $1.25 million ferry to provide backup to the public fleet during the summer has been branded a waste of taxpayer money by Marine and Ports staff.
And workers are said to be furious at reports that foreign crews of the US-bas...
DATE: Jun 20, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
