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Bermuda’s healthcare system will “implode” if general practitioners have restrictions placed on fees, a doctor warned last night.
The source said Bermuda’s GPs faced costs up to three times those of the United States but fought to keep medical costs ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Quiet heroes who joined forces to smash segregation looked back 60 years yesterday to the major turning point in the country’s history.
Members of the Progressive Group joined Glenn Fubler of community group Imagine Bermuda outside the site of the fo...
DATE: Jun 28, 2019
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A colourful procession honouring Saint Anthony culminated with a festival outside St Anthony’s Church in Warwick.
The ceremony for the church’s patron followed a Mass held in English and Portuguese, with celebrants carrying a statue of the saint, bea...
DATE: Jun 27, 2019
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Two graduates of an adventure training programme who pushed themselves beyond their limits have been honoured for their hard work.
Chelsea Pereira-Swainson, 23, is going to study overseas after she learnt she could “push myself more than I thought I ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2019
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Mixed-status families were asked to contact the Department of Immigration yesterday as part of the next phase of immigration reform.
Families with mixed status include where one parent holds Bermuda status or a permanent resident’s certificate, while...
DATE: Jun 26, 2019
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A diabetes expert called on the Government to ensure water and diet drinks are cheaper than sugary sodas and argued that the controversial sugar tax “completely missed the point”.
David Cavan, a British-based doctor, questioned whether the island’s s...
DATE: Jun 26, 2019
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s soldiers were singled out for praise at the closing ceremony of a massive international military exercise in the Caribbean at the weekend.
Sir Louis Straker, the Acting Prime Minister of St Vincent & the Grenadines, the host nation for Exer...
DATE: Jun 24, 2019
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A “born journalist” who spent decades at The Royal Gazette has died, aged 65.
Kyle Hunter, whose career with the Gazette began in 1974 and spanned news, sports and photography, died at home in St George’s on Friday surrounded by his loved ones.
He re...
DATE: Jun 24, 2019
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The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Bermuda held its third annual medical symposium this weekend aimed at raising awareness of the disease.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, commended the organisation for its work over more than 30 years.
Ms Wilson s...
DATE: Jun 23, 2019
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
The House of Assembly on Friday passed a Bill to suspend mandatory annual payments into the sinking fund, a reserve for money set aside to pay down long-term debt.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, called the fund, which was established in 1...
DATE: Jun 23, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell