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Trimming the Island’s runaway spending on overseas healthcare doesn’t necessarily mean searching for cheaper hospitals abroad, a US medical expert warned.
Residents’ spending on treatment outside Bermuda neared the $100 million mark last year — and ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government is reforming the Island’s immigration laws — but current priorities do not include cases such as Bermuda-born Laura Roberts, whose mother has struggled without success to secure status for her.
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief t...
DATE: Aug 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda-born Laura Roberts was unable to get Bermuda status because her Bermudian father was not willing to take an active part in her upbringing — or to provide financial support.
And her mother, Helen Roberts, said that she did not move forward wi...
DATE: Aug 14, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Many young Bermudians exhibit little work ethic and are barely suitable for employment, restaurant owners believe.
They say their efforts to hire locals fail because they aren’t punctual, have no service skills and frequently don’t show up for work.
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DATE: Aug 13, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman born and raised in Bermuda with a Bermudian father and devoted local family, has been left without status because her parents were unmarried.
Laura Roberts, 23, is living in Norwood, Massachusetts as a result.
She told The Royal Gazette she f...
DATE: Aug 13, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Volunteers are badly needed for the Mirrors Programme — Government’s scheme to help youth and adults in need of a personal transformation.
With its next residential programme looming, Mirrors has to recruit about 230 helpers from the community, volun...
DATE: Aug 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tyka Edness was a dancer, a student reporter and a model before she decided to dive into a medical career.
“I guess I just can’t keep still,” the physiotherapist-in-training explained to The Royal Gazette.
The 22-year-old recently won a scholarship f...
DATE: Aug 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A dispute over postal regulations has left a St George's homeowner fuming, after authorities threatened to stop delivering his mail if he refuses to comply.
The argument rests on whether the property can be classed as a condominium under the 2009 cha...
DATE: Aug 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A greater voice in the public school system could be given to parent teacher associations thanks to a ruling by the Supreme Court that overturned two school principal transfers.
“We want Bermuda to understand that we’re not trying to dethrone the Gov...
DATE: Aug 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pollutants are being released from the Tynes Bay Incinerator at levels far beyond the facility’s own set limits, according to Public Works.
Emissions data for the incinerator show dioxin emerging at four times the permitted amount — a Ministry spokes...
DATE: Aug 08, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
