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Hospital fees will be raised by two percent to generate an extra $4.8 million over the next fiscal year.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva said one percent of the increase is for inflation and the other one percent is because of the new hospital construct...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Monetary Authority fees for special purpose insurers will be cut by almost 50 percent under legislation approved by the House of Assembly.
Registration fees will be reduced from $11,600 to $6,000 in an attempt to make it more attractive for t...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Economy Minister Patrice Minors has given assurances the business community will make the new Job Corps programme a success.
The Opposition had expressed concern at Government’s plan for private companies to help fund the scheme giving career opportu...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
MPs will today debate a proposed new law banning upfront payment for healthcare services, amid opposition from doctors and dentists.
The regulations will stop healthcare providers making patients pay the insured portion of their bill before reclaimin...
DATE: Mar 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
St Peter’s Church was honoured with a title befitting its historic status in a royal ceremony yesterday afternoon.
Hundreds of people packed into the church to see it officially receive the title, ‘Their Majesties Chappell’, a name dating back to the...
DATE: Mar 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A front company belonging to Ponzi scheme operator Daniel Two Feathers had accounts at the Bank of Bermuda, according to Montana District Court documents.
Two Feathers faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting running a scam conning $2 million o...
DATE: Mar 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Devoted medic Donald Tucker, whose body was recovered this morning in water off Cooper's Island, was recalled by colleagues and family as a man with “the biggest smile that you would never forget”.
Heartbroken sister Nicole Harrison, who joined searc...
DATE: Mar 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Premier Paula Cox said MPs are leading by example as they approved their own five percent pay cut in the House of Assembly last night.
Ms Cox also hinted most of the unions are close to accepting salary reductions as the Island comes to terms with th...
DATE: Mar 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards has taken aim at Government’s budgeting ability, and criticised the Finance Ministry for not promoting economic stability and growth as required by its mission stated objectives.
He said a payroll tax hike two yea...
DATE: Mar 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Developers on the old Club Med site have missed their deadline to start work on a new hotel, Opposition MP Charlie Swan claimed.
Mr Swan said a copy of the lease signed by developer Carl Bazarian, made available in response to his Parliamentary Quest...
DATE: Mar 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
