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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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A “blame and shame mentality” only hinders investigations into “adverse events” in healthcare, according to Bermuda Hospitals Board chief of staff Michael Weitekamp.
However, Dr Weitekamp added that “shield legislation” offered in Friday’s Throne Spe...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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A Government move to regulate the importation of expensive new healthcare gadgetry to the Island has been welcomed as a step toward reducing Bermuda’s escalating healthcare costs.
The latest Throne Speech declared upcoming changes to the law would in...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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A town hall meeting billed as a fight to save the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre has been called by Lovitta Foggo, Progressive Labour Party MP for St David’s.
Bermuda Hospitals Board has announced it intends to close down the East End medical facility...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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A decision by supermarket chains to offer one year of discounts in a bid to ease food costs was hailed as “wonderful” by Eliza DoLittle head Margaret Ward.
Applauding the move by MarketPlace, Supermart and Lindo’s to offer ten percent discounted shop...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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A public consultation paper on the decriminalisation of cannabis has been promised by Government in its latest Throne Speech.
National Security Minister Michael Dunkley has made no secret in recent months of the need for open public dialogue on the i...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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Bermuda’s estimated population stood at 64,911 at the end of 2012 — an increase of 266, or 0.4 percent, over the 2011 estimate of 64,685.
The figures on births, marriages and deaths, reported by the Registry General, were tabled at the opening of Par...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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The Association of Filipinos in Bermuda raised more than $10,000 at a lunch held yesterday in aid of the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
The event drew about 300 people from across the community including Governor George Fergusson and Home Affairs Ministe...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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