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Union officials are calling for swift action to rebuild King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after nearly $140 million was allocated to the Ministry of Health in yesterday’s budget.
That cash includes a grant to Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) to carry ou...
DATE: Feb 17, 2007
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Government yesterday repeated its pledge to tackle the affordable homes shortage by insisting hundreds of houses would be built in the next year.
However, campaigners argued the crisis could only be eased by a “paradigm shift” in the mindset of the p...
DATE: Feb 17, 2007
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Increased Government spending could “add fuel to the fire” of Bermuda’s overheating economy, according to economist and Bermuda College lecturer Craig Simmons.
Mr. Simmons said rising inflation rates and decreasing levels of Bermudian employment over...
DATE: Feb 17, 2007
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Investment in the economy and the community, and few increases in taxes, formed the basis of Finance Minister Paula Cox's budget speech today.
Ms Cox announced an increase of $20 million in education spending throughout 2007-08 as the Government aims...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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Students across Bermuda are lagging behind their US counterparts in reading, language and mathematics skills, new figures show.
Bermudian children at all levels except primary three fared worse on average than youngsters in the States, according to r...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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Students across Bermuda are lagging behind their US counterparts in reading, language and mathematics skills, new figures show.
Bermudian children at all levels except primary three fared worse on average than youngsters in the States, according to r...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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Flights in and out of Bermuda again fell victim to freezing conditions in the US yesterday.
A US Airways flight to Washington, DC, and an American Airlines flight to New York?s JFK Airport were both cancelled early in the day as the winter storm cont...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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Flights in and out of Bermuda again fell victim to freezing conditions in the US yesterday.
A US Airways flight to Washington, DC, and an American Airlines flight to New York’s JFK Airport were both cancelled early in the day as the winter storm cont...
DATE: Feb 16, 2007
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The Premier was last night stranded in the US after freezing conditions caused the cancellation of his flight home.
Dr. Ewart Brown was due to fly from New York's JFK Airport at 7.30 p.m., but his American Airlines flight was cancelled after crews ma...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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Opposition Leader Wayne Furbert last night called for the Government to be judged on its nine years of power — not Premier Ewart Brown's first 100 days in office.
In a televised speech, Mr. Furbert pointed to a range of issues he said the Progressive...
DATE: Feb 15, 2007
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