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Bermuda’s construction and real estate industries are showing tentative signs of recovery, according to leaders in the field.
However, Charles Dunstan, the head of the Construction Association of Bermuda, echoed concerns that the Island needs more up...
DATE: Jun 29, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Changes to the Island’s motor laws ushering in second cars for medical practitioners employed by the hospital went before the House of Assembly yesterday morning.
Shawn Crockwell, the Minister of Tourism Development and Transport, said the change wou...
DATE: Jun 27, 2015
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A Bill banning the smoking of electronic cigarettes indoors has been introduced to Parliament.
The Tobacco Control Bill 2015 also seeks to ban the sale of flavoured tobacco products — excluding menthols — and, similar to moves elsewhere in the world,...
DATE: Jun 27, 2015
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
In a salute to the visionary principal who forged Clearwater Middle School into an institution, the school has named its media and resource centre in honour of Dr Charlotte Ming.
A mural of the late educator, who died in 2013, was created by Chewstic...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
Much-anticipated financial details have been released by the Bermuda Hospitals Board, showing some success in cutting costs.
In a guardedly optimistic assessment, BHB chairman Jonathan Brewin said that two years ago BHB had expected to run out of cas...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
The gems of St David’s will be in easy reach of summer visitors, thanks to a bus service that will link up with the new “beach bus” shuttling guests around the fringe attractions of St George’s.
The service, which starts up in July and will run in ta...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The lateness of the Island’s jobs statistics renders them “absolutely useless”, according to Independent Senator and business observer James Jardine — even as the latest survey shows 800 fewer positions last year.
That figure was released earlier thi...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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Regulations are on the way for the Island’s unmonitored summer camps, according to Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Community, Culture and Sports.
In the meantime, the minister said, a “safe camp committee” is issuing parents with a “top ten ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
A nurse who lost her consultancy with the hospital amid controversy over a conflict of interest has rebutted allegations of an improper inside deal.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) also came to the defence of Irene Ashton, who had to back out of he...
DATE: Jun 24, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Sensitivity is paramount when dealing with the loaded issue of contraception in Bermuda, according to activist Lynne Winfield.
Ms Winfield spoke in the wake of the Coalition for the Protection of Children launching an advertising campaign for its pro...
DATE: Jun 24, 2015
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Jonathan Bell