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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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The deadline to write to Government over changes planned for the Island’s education system falls on midnight this Friday.
The Ministry issued a reminder that the public consultation on parental and community involvement in schools was nearing its clo...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
A two-day gathering of delegates from Government, the unions and private sector representatives to tackle Bermuda’s precarious economic situation began this morning.
Premier Craig Cannonier warned the tripartite economic committee of a continued back...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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Another healthcare provider may take over the site of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre, according to Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin.
The Southside, St George’s facility, which opened to fanfare in April, 2009, is being closed down due to lo...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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Health
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Government has pledged $50,000 to relief efforts by the Bermuda Red Cross for the storm-devastated Philippines.
The Pacific nation, which has a large community in Bermuda, was hit by Typhoon Haiyan on Friday and may have lost 10,000 people to the sto...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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Religious leaders have responded to Government’s decision to drop the traditional ban on Sunday liquor sales.
The move, announced in Friday’s Throne Speech, merely adds to the problems raised by shopping in general on Sundays, according to Lutheran P...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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The families of Bermuda’s Uighur refugees are in need of help with English lessons, according to Amnesty International Bermuda.
The four men, brought to Bermuda four years ago from the US prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, now have young children, ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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