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A march in protest at plans to shut down the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre has been called for tomorrow at noon.
The east end facility, run by Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB), is to be closed due to high costs and low usage.
However, according to Progr...
DATE: Nov 21, 2013
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Larry Woolgar is lucky to be alive after being repeatedly hacked by a machete-wielding home intruder he believes intended to kill him.
“I honestly didn’t think I was going to live to see another day,” said Mr Woolgar, 61, of the February 26 attack in...
DATE: Nov 20, 2013
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Ombudsman for Bermuda Arlene Brock believes a lawsuit against her by the Corporation of Hamilton potentially threatens the existence of her office in Bermuda.
Appearing in the Supreme Court before Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman, who is debating whether...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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An initiative to survey the Island’s chronic disease risk has seen nearly 60 people trained as interviewers and sent out into the field.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin told MPs the team would be joined by 30 healthcare professionals to test ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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A habitual thief who hacked a man in the neck with a machete after being surprised during a break-in has been jailed for 13 years.
Kimlo Charles Webb fled the scene of the attack — but was caught on home security footage.
The Supreme Court heard that...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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The City of Hamilton has launched a legal suit against Ombudsman Arlene Brock, in the continuing battle over Hamilton’s secretive project for the redevelopment of the city’s waterfront.
The application for a judicial review cites the Ombudsman’s “dec...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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The final report from the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission will go public for the first time after it is tabled in today’s session of the House of Assembly.
The document is the culmination of months of meetings with representativ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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A Filipino resident of Bermuda who lost her aunt to the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan was last night planning how to get help to other relatives left homeless by the storm.
Magdalena Francisco has learned that her aunt Frendis was killed in the city ...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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Former Premier Ewart Brown has “no doubt” that moves by Government to restrict the importation of “new, high-cost health technology” are aimed at curtailing his medical business.
Dr Brown, a physician and founder of Bermuda HealthCare Services, also ...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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Doors remain shut at the Sandys 360 community sports centre — which is without power due to unpaid electricity bills.
Despite the setback, the Somerset facility has kept “as many programmes running as we can”, according to a member of staff, who said...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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