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A group tasked with retooling unpopular healthcare legislation will have a busy summer amending the Act in time for Parliament this September.
“We will see how fast we can put something together,” said Henry Dowling, the head of the Bermuda Medical D...
DATE: Jul 16, 2016
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The eve of the birth of Nelson Mandela will be marked tomorrow night with a jam session at the Chewstick Foundation on Front Street.
The South African activist, who died in December 2013, would have turned 98 on Monday.
From 8pm, there will be “a div...
DATE: Jul 16, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
After years of illness and frustration over the lack of an accurate diagnosis, Stacey Dunn has concluded that the water in her home is the cause of her sickness.
“We’re just getting out of here,” Ms Dunn told The Royal Gazette from the front room of ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
Three residences struck by bullets in Monday night’s gunfire near Rambling Lane illustrate how close the island came to losing a bystander to a stray shot.
The bullet that punched through the shutter and kitchen window of one home flew into a hangout...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The solar power plant planned for a vacant airport runway will start at a limited capacity as the island’s power grid is reconfigured, Parliament heard this morning.
Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Economic Development, told MPs that the initial phase...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s public relations officers generated editorial content worth more than $26 million in advertising during 2015.
The BTA said yesterday that much of that content came from 108 journalists who visited the island last year ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The public got a reminder in the House of Assembly that the Commission of Inquiry tasked with investigating government contracts opted to include the contentious airport development deal.
Walter Roban, the Shadow Minister of Home Affairs, noted that ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Legislation for visitors to rent out minicars has come under fire from the Opposition and taxi operators, as well as raising tempers within the already tense ranks of the One Bermuda Alliance.
That Bill, debated last night within the ruling party, is...
DATE: Jul 13, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Helping others to believe in themselves has been a personal mission for Jordan Simmons-Trott, the freshly graduated head boy of CedarBridge Academy.
Now Jordan, 18, is headed off to further his education in the hope of returning home to teach at his ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda High School has declared “outstanding” results for its 2016 International Baccalaureate diploma, with 29 graduates out of 30 entered for the full diploma — 25 of whom were successful.
The BHS average score for those achieving the full dip...
DATE: Jul 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell