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Bermuda Hospitals Board says it is actively exploring medical tourism with one venture already generating 1,000 bed nights for local hotels.
Health officials say new prostate cancer treatment unavailable in the United States has brought 200 “medical ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2011
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The Hustle Truck faces cancellation after its funding was cut to zero in this year's Budget.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva today called for private companies to step forward and ensure the project — designed to help unemployed people into work — can k...
DATE: Feb 27, 2011
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Union boss Armell Thomas yesterday said the Progressive Labour Party has been “living off the coat-tails” of the United Bermuda Party Government’s financial prudence.
Mr Thomas said Government needs to identify new ways of increasing revenue and crea...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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One in four people believe Government can turn around Bermuda’s economic woes.
Twenty-five percent of voters in a new poll by Mindmaps said they were confident in Government’s ability to develop policies to improve the economy.
Thirty-three percent s...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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Bermuda can follow the example of other countries in making health care more accessible and less expensive, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said yesterday.
Mr DeSilva delivered a stinging attack on the way health care has been funded in Bermuda as he la...
DATE: Feb 12, 2011
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Police received double the usual number of job applications during their latest recruitment drive.
More than 100 people, aged between 18 to 48, put themselves forward for positions within the service in the campaign earlier this month.
Police say rec...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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The Progressive Labour Party has extended its lead over the United Bermuda Party and Bermuda Democratic Alliance, according to a new poll from Mindmaps.
Forty-four percent of people said they'd vote for the PLP, compared with 28 percent for the UBP a...
DATE: Jan 24, 2011
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Civil Service redundancies are inevitable as even $150 million savings won’t be enough to steer Bermuda through the economic crisis, according to the Bermuda Democratic Alliance.
Finance spokesman Michael Fahy said Premier Paula Cox will need to step...
DATE: Jan 15, 2011
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Public Works staff look set for overtime cuts saving $1.5 million a year as part of Government’s efforts to trim the fat.
Bermuda Industrial Union members yesterday agreed to be paid their regular wage instead of double time when they work overtime, ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2011
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Bermudian construction workers should consider retraining so they can do jobs being farmed out to foreigners, according to Junior Economy Minister Ashfield DeVent.
Mr DeVent said out-of-work locals need to make sure they don’t get left behind as mode...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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