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Unprecedented new whale footage shot in local waters is to be presented by researcher Andrew Stevenson.
Two lectures are on offer tomorrow night at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
“This is unique footage — even the scientists haven’t se...
DATE: Mar 18, 2013
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MPs have approved increases to work permit fees. But the Opposition questioned why the “well-heeled” got a break with the fee for a ten-year work permit dropping from $20,000 to $15,000.
Finance Minister Bob Richards tabled the bill hiking the fees f...
DATE: Mar 18, 2013
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A bill to spur house and condo purchases and stimulate construction has passed the House of Assembly — but Opposition MPs condemned the “tax break” for wealthy buyers.
However, Finance Minister Bob Richards said Bermuda’s only hope of restarting its ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2013
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The Progressive Labour Party is strongly positioned to take back Government, according to MP Rolfe Commissiong.
But he called the PLP’s December 17 loss to the One Bermuda Alliance “heartbreaking”.
“After getting to the point of grabbing the holy gra...
DATE: Mar 18, 2013
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Ambitious young footballer Kiuno Cann is aiming for the top of his league — but school comes first for this Pembroke teenager.
“I do believe that education is the most important thing — but my long term goal is professional football,” Kiuno told The ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2013
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Both sides of Parliament condemned inflammatory speech after Pembroke South East MP Rolfe Commissiong denounced an anonymous letter placed prominently in The Royal Gazette.
The exchange saw Government, backed by Attorney General Mark Pettingill, agre...
DATE: Mar 16, 2013
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Income and education are the top determinants in both the health and health spending of Bermuda’s residents.
The Health Disparities Report 2013, released yesterday by the Bermuda Health Council, shows the extent to which social and economic forces af...
DATE: Mar 15, 2013
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Health
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A bill raising Government’s health insurance premiums has been tabled in the House of Assembly.
The Health Insurance (Standard Hospital Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2013 will set a new monthly premium of $325.84.
The weekly rate is to be $75.19. In...
DATE: Mar 15, 2013
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Government is to discuss the fate of the Uighurs with US and UK authorities, according to their lawyer.
The news comes as a Chinese Muslim jailed at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba with the four men, disappeared from the island of Palau in the Pacific and re-em...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Distinguished pilot warden and harbourmaster Edward Welch was yesterday laid to rest at sea.
Deputy pilot Warden Mario Thompson recalled him as a lifelong native of St George’s and a formal and taciturn man who mentored countless young men in the tra...
DATE: Mar 13, 2013
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