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Caribbean postal administrators will be on the Island next week when Bermuda hosts a conference examining the sustainability of the service.
And the four-day Annual Caribbean Postal Union conference could also kick-start major changes in the Island’s...
DATE: Sep 04, 2014
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The leadership of the One Bermuda Alliance remains unchanged after nobody stepped forward to challenge Premier Michael Dunkley.
There has also been no challenger for the position of deputy leader, currently filled by Bob Richards, and only one nomina...
DATE: Sep 03, 2014
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A downpour on Sunday resulted in last month being the wettest August on record, according to Bermuda Weather Service figures.
A total of 14.09 inches of rain fell in the month, beating the previous record of 13 inches set in August, 1997. The average...
DATE: Sep 02, 2014
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Health chiefs have defended their decision to house a quadriplegic on a ward for geriatrics with mental conditions for 40 years, insisting that there was no other place for him until now.
And, the Bermuda Hospitals Board has also criticised the quali...
DATE: Aug 29, 2014
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board has defended the quality of care quadriplegic Luke Caines has received during his 40 years at the Continuing Care Unit, claiming that he does not have any bed sores, is allowed to wait outside the CCU elevator to greet peo...
DATE: Aug 29, 2014
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Plans to move a quadriplegic out of a hospital ward that he has called home for 40 years to a facility for people in wheelchairs has hit a $6,000 stumbling block.
And the charity that hopes to take over the care of Luke Caines after his ordeal at the...
DATE: Aug 28, 2014
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Taxi chief Derek Young has defended his members in the wake of complaints about the industry.
Last week, restaurant owners and patrons in St George accused drivers of giving the East End a wide berth, claiming it was almost impossible to get a cab la...
DATE: Aug 27, 2014
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Questions have been raised as to why health chiefs allowed Luke Caines to remain at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s Continuing Care Unit for almost 40 years — and why they have now agreed that he be given a new home at Summerhaven.
Born premature...
DATE: Aug 27, 2014
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Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy has expressed surprise that the Corporation of Hamilton is refusing to endorse a Government-drafted Code of Conduct for the municipality.
But the Minister implied that he will not take any action against the municip...
DATE: Aug 23, 2014
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A number of environmental groups have joined forced to create a new task force to increase public awareness about waste management and sustainability.
And the Green Cooperative is now carrying out an assessment of how waste was managed at last month’...
DATE: Aug 22, 2014
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