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GOLFERS are petitioning Government in a drive to keep a public golf course open.
In a shock announcement earlier this month, Premier Ewart Brown confirmed the St. George's Golf Course will shut down on July 30, claiming that the facility - one of onl...
DATE: Jun 20, 2008
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GOVERNMENT is spending nearly $15 million on foreign consultants, according to figures obtained by the Opposition.
And last night the United Bermuda Party accused Government of snubbing local consultants in favour of foreign rivals when contracts are...
DATE: Jun 13, 2008
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PREMIER Ewart Brown is a bullying tyrant who runs the Tourism Ministry with an iron fist, dismissing the advice of senior Civil Servants in order to dish out Government contracts to friends and associates, it has been claimed.
And morale has sunk so ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2008
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DESPITE being a member of the Bermuda Industrial Union throughout his working life, political activist Raymond Russell (pictured above) has become increasingly disillusioned with the organisation - and gone public with his concerns.
In a Mid-Ocean Ne...
DATE: Jun 06, 2008
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POLITICAL activist Raymond Russell has issued a fresh broadside against Government - accusing Finance Minister Paula Cox of "sitting back and hiding".
The Progressive Labour Party worker and Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) stalwart urged other members...
DATE: Jun 06, 2008
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THE Bermuda Hospitals Board is planning a radical shake-up of healthcare in a drive to reduce the length of time patients are hospitalised.
Officials are hoping to introduce a team of hospitalists ¿ specialists trained to take care of inpatients ¿ in...
DATE: May 30, 2008
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HEALTH care on the island is in a critical condition in which some patients are forced to provide and administer their own medication in a rundown hospital which operates on second-rate standards of accreditation, it has been claimed.
Shadow Health M...
DATE: May 09, 2008
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OFFICIALS are launching a last-ditch appeal to save an historic St. George's landmark from being destroyed.
For unless $1 million can be found to renovate the replica model of the 16th-century sailing ship Deliverance, the structure will have to be p...
DATE: May 09, 2008
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GOVERNMENT is being accused of needless political interference after ignoring the recommendations of island vets when putting forward legislation to modernise veterinary regulations.
The Veterinary Practitioners Act 2008 was tabled in the House of As...
DATE: May 09, 2008
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A COMMUNITY activist is calling on islanders to be more tolerant of guest workers.
And Civil Rights Coalition of Bermuda chairman Raymond Russell said he can no longer support the ruling Progressive Labour Party because of its treatment of the poor a...
DATE: May 09, 2008
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