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Government has kept quiet on plans to curtail high-cost diagnostic imaging — but the hospital has defended itself against claims by local physicians that it has been the main culprit for spiralling healthcare costs.
Pre-certification, which requires ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2014
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government examined options to drop the gaming referendum eight months before it was discarded amid accusations of an Opposition boycott.
However, Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell told The Royal Gazette the suggestions, contained in an advisory docum...
DATE: Feb 08, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Thanks to a $40,000 donation from Bermuda’s Roman Catholic community, the Island has raised nearly $64,000 for a life-saving effort in the Philippines.
A fundraiser by the group ANCOP (Answering the Cry of the Poor) in tandem with Couples for Christ ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teen burglar has been freed on appeal after spending more than a year in jail
Jarico Burt, 18, of Hamilton Parish, was sentenced to corrective training at the Co-ed Facility in December 2012 for his involvement in two counts of burglary.
Burt had p...
DATE: Feb 08, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Public transport isn’t currently deemed an essential service, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy, who addressed the disruption caused by industrial action over the Fairmont Hamilton Princess employment dispute.
Senator Fahy commended the...
DATE: Feb 07, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Chamber of Commerce executive director Joanne MacPhee has been suspended without pay after an outburst at union members during Wednesday’s industrial action.
Chamber president Ronnie Viera said the Chamber “in no way condones the statements made by M...
DATE: Feb 07, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Mirrors Programme coordinator Kimberley Jackson is going the distance on May 24: just over 13 miles, for the Bermuda Day Half-Marathon, in a bid to raise $600,000 for the Island’s youth.
The personal development programme’s initiatives range from wor...
DATE: Feb 07, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
As the labour dispute broadened between the Fairmont Hotel and the Bermuda Industrial Union, the Chamber of Commerce warned the spread of strikes could lead to “havoc”.
All parties involved in the clash over staff redundancies should abide by the ter...
DATE: Feb 06, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Union of Teachers has marked 95 years since its inception with an emotional tribute to teachers as the “architects of society”.
The BUT also took the occasion to present musician Johnny Woolridge, producer of the beloved song ‘Proud to be...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who texted a series of murder threats to his ex-girlfriend avoided trial by switching to a guilty plea after the jury was sworn in.
Geontai Minors, 22, told his estranged partner Andrea Warren that he would do “something f***ed up” before makin...
DATE: Feb 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
