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A senior social worker appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday in connection with a charge of obtaining property through deception.
Kennette Robinson, who has worked as acting director of the Department of Child and Family Services, pleaded not guil...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Health Department is asking residents to have frank conversations about sex this week.
The idea is to make the public more aware during Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week.
Senior medical officer Cheryl Peek-Ball said: “Parents should h...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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One hundred percent of Bermuda residents will be provided with basic and essential health care in 2013, under a revolutionary National Health Plan unveiled yesterday.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the plan would introduce “wide-ranging and profo...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The maximum payout to victims of road accidents is to rise by more than $100,000, Government announced today.
Transport Minister Terry Lister said changes to the Motor Insurers Fund mean accident victims will be able to receive as much as $375,000 t...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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Buses are not running as a result of industrial action taken by drivers following the firing of a colleague.
Service stopped at 4.20pm today.
The Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) held a press conference to announce the work stoppage.
Members took indus...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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Mail sent to Bermuda from Canada will be re-routed through the Caribbean, possibly leading to delays.
Canada Post recently awarded a delivery contract to FedEx for its outbound international letter mail and parcels.
According to the Ministry of Econ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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The trial of a Customs officer accused of conspiring to import drugs was yesterday adjourned until next month.
Bromwin Thompson, 41, is charged with using his employment in public service to corruptly obtain or receive money. He is also accused of po...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) kitchen came to a halt yesterday morning after an argument between management and staff.
However both sides were able to come to an agreement, allowing work to resume in the early afternoon.
A pers...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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A Southampton man has denied sexually touching a six-year-old girl playing in her yard.
The senior citizen faces two charges of sexual exploitation of a young person on December 20 after allegedly touching her crotch and kissing her forehead for a se...
DATE: Feb 07, 2011
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith formally opened the redeveloped Technical Education Centre at the Bermuda College.
The two-year redevelopment project was carried out largely by students, and included the creation of new state-of-the-art classr...
DATE: Feb 07, 2011
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
