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Health Minister Nelson Bascome has again defended the new nursing programme set to start at the Bermuda College next fall.
He has come under-fire from nurses who are concerned that the course could allow Bermudian students to graduate as a registered...
DATE: Dec 15, 2008
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MPs passed an order last night to give the Fairmont Hamilton Princess more than a million dollars worth of concessions.
The Hotel Concession (The Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel) Order 2008 is a result of the hotel's recent facelift, including renov...
DATE: Dec 13, 2008
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Government has ruled out duty rate cuts on food for now as it came together with supermarkets yesterday to urge consumers to find creative ways to cut grocery bills.
Education Minister El James said Government had held meetings with store owners abou...
DATE: Dec 13, 2008
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SHADOW Health Minister Louise Jackson has expressed outrage at this week's plan to cut the course of study for trainee nurses in half, claiming the Government is actively "dumbing down" nursing qualifications to attract Bermudians to hospital work.
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DATE: Dec 12, 2008
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A FORMER nurse has spoken out on this week's decision to cut training requirements for nurses at Bermuda's hospitals, calling the plan "absolutely appalling".
The former King Edward VII Memorial Hospital nurse compared the decline of the island's hea...
DATE: Dec 12, 2008
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A bill was passed in the House of Assembly yesterday allowing optometrists to diagnose and prescribe drugs to patients, a role traditionally held by opthomologists.
Health Minister Nelson Bascome read The Optometrists and Opticians Act 2008 which als...
DATE: Dec 11, 2008
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Students at Bermuda College will be able to graduate in the future as registered nurses without a bachelor's degree – thanks to a new programme.
Currently nursing students at the College take a core curriculum in liberal arts, science and nursing cou...
DATE: Dec 11, 2008
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Nurses are outraged at Government for failing to hear their concerns over what they believe is a lowering of the standards of their profession.
Currently the Bermuda Nursing Council encourages applicants from the United States, Canada, and the West I...
DATE: Dec 10, 2008
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Alternative-style school programmes could be housed in regular school settings said director of The Educational Centre (TEC), Declan Harris.
Speaking at the meeting of the parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Education yesterday, Mr. Harris said s...
DATE: Dec 10, 2008
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A research vessel operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) will arrive in St. George's today as a replacement for the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science's (BIOS) Atlantic Explorer now undergoing annual maintenance and upgrades.
The 177-f...
DATE: Dec 10, 2008
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