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Ten “landmark cases” including the trial of Parkside gang leader Prince Edness, appeared before the courts in 2014-2015, Attorney-General Trevor Moniz told MPs on Friday.
Others included that of John Wardman, the first person to be charged with fail...
DATE: Mar 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A hospital patient says he is being discharged prematurely to the Salvation Army homeless facility.
The man told The Royal Gazette that his undiagnosed condition leaves him with no strength in his legs.
Although medical staff had tried to get him on ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
High running costs for long-term care facilities such as the Lefroy House Care Community and the Sylvia Richardson Care Facility may not be sustainable, Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment Jean Atherden told the House of Assembly on Monday.
S...
DATE: Mar 11, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Bermuda has had four imported cases of the mosquito-borne disease Chikungunya that has spread throughout the Caribbean, MPs were told during the Budget debate on Monday.
As of January 21, the Department of Health had reported three cases, saying that...
DATE: Mar 11, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A seminar focusing on accessibility for the physically challenged, disabled or mobility-impaired is to look at the newly adopted Bermuda Building Code 2014, which incorporates new provisions for accessibility.
The Ministry of Health, Seniors and the ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The Bermuda Hospitals Board is expected to run out of cash “in the near future” — and must find $40 million to pay for additional costs owing to the new acute care wing during the coming fiscal year.
Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment Jeanne...
DATE: Mar 11, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The future of the lease for the Sandys property on which the resort 9 Beaches sits is in question, with a spokesman for landlords Bermuda Land Development Corporation (BLDC) stating: “Currently the BLDC board has taken this matter under legal advisem...
DATE: Mar 10, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Avid amateur bird watcher Scott Neil made a rare sighting of a swallow-tailed kite yesterday.
Mr Neil reported seeing it while out on a run in the area. He said: “Just saw a swallow-tailed kite at Wyndham Hill, near Harrington Sound — very large and ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A Nassau grouper preying on and eating a lionfish off Little Cayman was captured on camera for probably the first time, according to Hollywood screenwriter and producer James Hart of the non-profit organisation Lionfish University.
The recording, mad...
DATE: Mar 06, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The threat of measles is over for one family whose nursery school-aged child had been in quarantine, along with his mother, for eight days while awaiting blood test results.
Last night, a Government spokesperson said that tests for the first two susp...
DATE: Mar 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill