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DOCTORS are reportedly considering asking patients on the Government's Hospital Insurance Plan (HIP) to pay for medical services in full ? a move that would leave policyholders to claim back what they are due from their insurers afterwards.
The idea ...
DATE: May 12, 2006
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BERMUDA Industrial Union president Chris Furbert said stricter punishments should be meted out to companies that fail to pay their pension contributions.
Mr. Furbert said some of his members had discovered the hard way that their employers had not be...
DATE: May 12, 2006
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POLICE used sniffer dogs to search Pembroke Nursing Home after officers questioned an employee of the home, the Mid-Ocean News has learned.
Health and Family Services Minister Patrice Minors confirmed yesterday that the incident took place on May 2 b...
DATE: May 12, 2006
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GOVERNOR Sir John Vereker has given his stamp of approval to the Bermuda trip to Washington, even though he will not be part of the island delegation.
Bermuda's status as a UK Overseas Territory means that Britain is responsible for the island's fore...
DATE: May 05, 2006
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THE St. George's Fire Brigade's firefighting appliance broke down in the middle of fighting a huge warehouse blaze in the Old Town last week and is still out of order.
But St. George's fire chief Gareth Adderley and the town's Mayor Mariea Caisey sai...
DATE: May 05, 2006
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THE tourist attraction potential of the dock at St. Catherine's Beach in St. George's is being wasted because the structure has been allowed to go to ruin by the Ministry of Works & Engineering.
That is the view of Christopher West, who operates the ...
DATE: May 05, 2006
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SHADOW Health Minister Louise Jackson has accused the Government of failing to take the threat of a bird flu outbreak seriously.
She said that former Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons highlighted the need for a plan in a letter to Health Minister Patri...
DATE: May 05, 2006
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That is the message from major Bermuda charity The ISIS Foundation, which today launches a new scheme to help the children of Nepal.
The Kathmandu Kids Club will raise funds for projects to help Nepalese children, many of whom are born into appalling...
DATE: Apr 28, 2006
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THE Bermuda Biological Station for Research's new research vessel is too big for its dock ? and the charity is now undertaking a major renovation to accommodate it.
The 168-foot arrived last month to replace the 115-foot to operate as the BBSR's sci...
DATE: Apr 28, 2006
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NOT all of Bermuda's homeless are penniless ? some are holding down regular jobs and even running their own businesses.
And many of those are ready to pay four-figure monthly rents for any kind of accommodation they can find, but landlords are not pr...
DATE: Apr 28, 2006
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