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There were a "startling" 144 cases of alleged elder abuse reported between April and December last year, MPs heard yesterday.
The figure, contained in this year's Budget book, was highlighted by Shadow Health and Seniors Minister Louise Jackson durin...
DATE: Mar 14, 2009
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The construction industry has been warned that unsafe sites will result in enforcement action after three falls involving workers this month.
Health Minister Nelson Bascome told the House of Assembly that one of the accidents involved a worker fallin...
DATE: Mar 14, 2009
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A woman was dragged into a driveway in Pembroke by a man who tried to sexually assault her, Police revealed last night.
The 28-year-old, from Paget, was walking along Pitts Bay Road near Smatt's Cycles at about 4 a.m. on Saturday, February 28, when a...
DATE: Mar 14, 2009
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Hospital fees will rise this year by almost seven percent — an increase described by Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards as "huge" for the people of Bermuda.
The new in-patient, out-patient and physician charges were approved in the House of Assembl...
DATE: Mar 13, 2009
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A ten percent increase in the cost of insurance premiums for basic hospital care was criticised by Opposition MPs in the House of Assembly.
The new rate for the minimum level of cover which employers must provide insurance for — known as standard hos...
DATE: Mar 13, 2009
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The number of tourists visiting the House of Assembly fell by more than 27 percent last year.
Junior Minister Michael Scott, delivering the Budget brief for the Ministry of Justice in the House, said 527 tourists visited in 2008, compared to 729 in 2...
DATE: Mar 12, 2009
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards told MPs last night that the qualified audit on Government's Consolidated Fund and the Premier's response reflected badly on Government as an entity and on the Island as a whole.
Mr. Richards said during the motio...
DATE: Mar 12, 2009
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards told MPs last night that the qualified audit on Government's Consolidated Fund and the Premier's response reflected badly on Government as an entity and on the Island as a whole.
Mr. Richards said during the motio...
DATE: Mar 12, 2009
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A taxi driver who let rip with a negative rant about tourism to a visiting couple has received a tongue-lashing himself — from no less than the Premier.
For little did the cabbie know that the pair in the back of his vehicle were hotel developer Carl...
DATE: Mar 11, 2009
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The "gift of free tuition" at Bermuda College has boosted its student numbers, Education Minister El James said this week.
But his Opposition counterpart Grant Gibbons questioned the claim, arguing that figures obtained by him suggested the student p...
DATE: Mar 11, 2009
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