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Hitting back at criticism of the Chief Fire Officer, former National Security Minister David Burch said any blame for funding cuts to the service ought to rest with him.
Colonel Burch sprang to the defence of Fire Chief Vincent Hollinsid, criticised ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2013
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A 30-year-old woman motorcycle rider is being treated for serious head injuries following a crash tonight.
A Police spokesman said the single-vehicle accident on North Shore Road, Devonshire was reported at 6.15pm.
The rider appeared to have lost con...
DATE: Feb 24, 2013
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Education has been spared budget cuts, with $145 million set aside for the year ahead.
Bermuda Union of Teachers head Mike Charles gave this year’s Budget a passing grade.
“We need all we can get,” Mr Charles told The Royal Gazette.
The figures alloc...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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The Island’s two Government rest homes were dealt modest funding cuts in the latest Budget.
Funding for the East End’s Sylvia Richardson Care Facility fell 5.8 percent — from $5.47 million to $5.27 million.
Lefroy House lost 5.7 percent of its $5.4 m...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board last night admitted it would be “challenged” by budgetary constraints after it received a Government subsidy of $104 million, unchanged from last year.
But the Ministry of Health and Seniors got a two percent boost in yest...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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Author Rodney Smith Jr started out offering relationship tips to women as “just a hobby”.
The response he got was strong enough that he decided to put his advice somewhere people could access it permanently.
The result is ‘Words From a Gentleman: Fro...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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A restaurant owner described the moment she faced down an armed robber in a popular neighbourhood eatery.
The attempted gun robbery was a first in about five years of business for the Wok Express in Southampton.
“It’s a shame a thing like this could...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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A teenager yesterday pleaded guilty to the 2011 murder of an 18-year-old boy on the Railway Trail.
Malcolm Outerbridge was found mortally stabbed near his Warwick home on October 28, 2011, and died of his wounds in hospital.
Rashaun Codrington, who w...
DATE: Feb 21, 2013
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Debate over the termination of term limits dominated yesterday’s Senate session.
Government’s leader in the Upper House, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy, said term limits would be recognised as “a job killer for Bermuda”.
Senator Fahy said he “wil...
DATE: Feb 21, 2013
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Elderly patients are to be moved out of acute care beds as the Bermuda Health Council looks to stem a “crippling” rise in the Island’s health costs.
The organisation claims that with bills running more than $30,000 a month per person, the hospital ca...
DATE: Feb 20, 2013
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