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A corroded pipe in the Gosling Ward area caused a flood at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital this morning, impacting a number of areas, including Maternity and Emergency.
Work was quickly undertaken by the hospitals’ Facility Department to identify...
DATE: Mar 08, 2014
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Free books to help children cope with bereavement after road crashes have been brought to the Island in memory of Major Chris Wheddon.
The book was unveiled this morning by Major Wheddon’s ex-wife, Sarah Wheddon, and his daughter Katherine, who turns...
DATE: Mar 07, 2014
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Government has opted not to proceed with lowering the legal alcohol limit for impaired drivers — but supports eventually making roadside breath tests admissible in court.
Currently, a suspected drunk driver has to be taken to Hamilton Police Station ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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Parliament and the Senate should be put together under the same roof as soon as possible, according to a report on Bermuda’s governance tabled in the House of Assembly.
The Joint Select Committee also recommended that a new, independent body known as...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Government spent $40,000 on a UK legal advisor for drafting gaming regulations — and paid $45,000 to local law firm MJM for the drawing up legislation for the new Tourism Authority.
But Attorney General Mark Pettingill defended the contracts as “well...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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Attorney General Mark Pettingill has refused to respond to Opposition questions over whether Government is investigating allegations of corruption within the Progressive Labour Party.
The questions came from PLP MP for Sandys North Michael Scott duri...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
A analysis technique invented by local archaeologist Edward Harris has been introduced in a forensics textbook.
The Harris Matrix has long been used to forensically investigate sites as varied as mass graves and monuments but its inclusion in the thi...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
The Island will host an international gathering of physicians and academics, commencing tomorrow, for the annual conference of the Caribbean Association of Otolaryngology, or head and neck surgery.
The CAO conference is to be formally welcomed to the...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
Chris Furbert invoked the spirit of the 1981 General Strike and warned Government “to be careful what you ask for” as he hit back at proposed changes to labour regulations.
Bermuda Industrial Union workers will meet today to discuss the controversia...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Premier Craig Cannonier called for unity in the aftermath of a march on Parliament by union members protesting Government’s planned change to transport laws.
“This is not about, as we heard earlier today, going back to the 1970s and 1980s, when we ha...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
