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A GP believes he has the answer to the problem of unnecessary emergency room visits causing health insurance premiums to rise — a drop-in medical clinic where no appointment is necessary.
As reported by The Royal Gazette last month, Bermuda Hospitals...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014
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A prison officer ordered to undergo anger management counselling after allegedly verbally abusing a sexual assault victim has been accused again of the same behaviour.
Lincoln Smith, an officer at Westgate, was “placed on charge” after the young inma...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014
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Premier Michael Dunkley has assured civil servants they will continue to be consulted on public sector reform — on the same day the Island’s white-collar union rejected proposals released by Government earlier this year.
The Bermuda Public Services U...
DATE: Oct 07, 2014
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Finance Minister Bob Richards insisted last night that Government would not write off any of the $35 million in state pension arrears owed by delinquent employers – despite comments to the contrary made by Premier Michael Dunkley.
Mr Dunkley told the...
DATE: Oct 02, 2014
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More than $35 million in pension arrears is owed to the public purse from delinquent employers — $20 million more than in 2008 when tougher penalties were brought in for those breaking the law.
A Ministry of Finance spokesman admitted yesterday that ...
DATE: Oct 01, 2014
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A senior officer at a publicly-funded quango is running a company which operates the private jet terminal at the airport.
Anthony Richardson, chief financial officer at Bermuda Land Development Corporation, is also the deputy chairman and a director ...
DATE: Oct 01, 2014
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Premier Michael Dunkley has admitted Government must do a “better job” of collecting state pension contributions from the thousands of delinquent employers who owe $35 million in arrears.
The Royal Gazette revealed this morning that the size of the d...
DATE: Oct 01, 2014
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Fifty years ago, Frank Cutajar planted hundreds of seedlings at the golf course which now lies at the Fairmont Southampton — and today those trees still frame the fairways.
The former golf course manager from Toronto has returned to Bermuda this week...
DATE: Sep 25, 2014
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The Premier, two Cabinet Ministers, a senator and the head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority have been in New York this week promoting Bermuda as a business and tourism destination.
Last night, Michael Dunkley described the meetings held there as “pos...
DATE: Sep 25, 2014
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Government has launched a search for Bermuda’s first freedom of information commissioner — offering a salary of almost $180,000 to the successful candidate.
An advert for the job of Information Commissioner has been issued by the Cabinet Office and t...
DATE: Sep 23, 2014
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