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Legislation to address “major gaps” in Bermuda’s mental health system was tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said the Mental Health Amendment Bill outlined requirements for determining mental capacity, incl...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An attempt to drum up 100 jobs hit just over 60 per cent of its target, the House of Assembly heard last Friday.
Wayne Caines, the national security minister, said that a jobs fair this year resulted in 61 confirmed hires.
The jobs ranged from kitche...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
International legal firms who set up in Bermuda will need Bermudian lawyers to tackle cases that involve island law under conditions proposed by the Government.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly on Friday that the ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Auditor-General issued a qualified audit opinion to the Government for 2017-18 after she ruled there was insufficient evidence for $10.3 million of capital development expenditure.
Heather Thomas’s decision was revealed as Curtis Dickinson, the f...
DATE: Dec 15, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three people have been suspended from their jobs while allegations of abuse by Child and Family Services staff are investigated, the Premier said yesterday.
Mr Burt told the House of Assembly that the investigations were at “various stages” and the r...
DATE: Dec 15, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A clinic run by Ewart Brown, a former premier, is to restart hi-tech CT scans almost a year after the plug was pulled on the computerised imaging service.
The Brown-Darrell Clinic in Smith’s will bring back the scanning service on Monday.
Dr Brown si...
DATE: Dec 14, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Amendments to update the Mental Health Act are to be tabled in the House of Assembly today.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, will deliver a statement explaining the amendments, which were designed to tighten the legal definition of mental illness....
DATE: Dec 14, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, updated the House of Assembly this morning on the island’s disaster risk reduction and mitigation work.
These included dealing with a simulated fuel spill at the airport while planes were full of passe...
DATE: Dec 14, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A condolence book will be opened at the Hamilton Police Station tomorrow for tributes to be paid to the late former police commissioner Frederick “Penny” Bean.
Mr Bean’s passing marks “a monumental loss for the Bermuda Police Service and the local co...
DATE: Dec 13, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A controversial group linked to the Church of Scientology is to run a seminar in a leading hotel today, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The conference was organised by Dee Pearson, a Bermudian, with her husband, Don.
A schedule for the seminar sent out...
DATE: Dec 12, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell