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Attorney General Mark Pettingill has come under fire from the Opposition over a $700,000 settlement of a legal battle regarding the Dame Lois Browne-Evans building.
During a prolonged question and answer segment in the House of Assembly, Progressive ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2013
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Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin has assured the staff at the hospital’s Continuing Care Unit (CCU) that they will not be simply put out of a job.
However, she reiterated yesterday that action must be taken to improve the facilities available ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2013
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The interception of drugs on cruise ships should be done on the gang plank instead of in the cabins, according to Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley.
However he said that when enforcement agencies receive information that a large quantities of dr...
DATE: Jul 19, 2013
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Staff at the hospital’s Continuing Care Unit (CCU) downed tools yesterday over concerns about the future of the unit.
Nursing aides, orderlies, unit assistants, dietary aides and activity aides from the unit marched from King Edward VII Memorial to ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2013
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley is celebrating the announcement that the crime rate on the Island continue to fall.
And while the Minister praised the police service and Commissioner Michael DeSilva for their hard work, he acknowledged that mo...
DATE: Jul 19, 2013
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Digicel and CellOne customers will receive hurricane alerts via text message this summer, the Ministry of Public Safety has announced.
Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley said a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the providers to sen...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two young Bermudians who fought a brush fire with buckets of water have been honoured for their service.
D’Undre Seymour and Benjamin Furqan, both 14, impressed the Bermuda Fire Service last week when it responded to a reported brush fire only to fin...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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The Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas returned to Bermuda this week following a major fire in May.
The Grandeur arrived in port in Bermuda on Sunday for the first time since the fire and departed for Baltimore on Tuesday.
The ship was originally...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s crime rate has fallen to its lowest since 2000, according to Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva revealed that police recorded a total of 834 offences in the second quarter of this year, making it the fourth consecutive quarter ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Anyone interested in becoming more social media savvy is invited to enrol in a new online course at the Bermuda College.
The college’s Professional and Career Education (PACE) Division will this September launch a three-module online programme focusi...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
