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Premiums for private and public health insurance could rise after the House of Assembly agreed to a 13 percent increase in the Standard Hospital Benefit.
The $27 rise was branded "baffling" by Opposition spokeswoman Louise Jackson.
Last night in the ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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The Ministry of Education was forced to slash $6 million from its budget only "a day or two" before the 2010/11 Budget was printed.
Education Minister El James informed MPs of the move in the House of Assembly yesterday.
He said the cuts were mostly ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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A 17-year-old Smith's man has been fined $2,000 and prohibited from driving for two years after he was caught behind the wheel of his mother's car while drunk.
Nicholas Chilvers pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to driving while disqualified by re...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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Bermuda's teen pregnancies are at the lowest point in two decades but the number of sexually transmitted diseases have increased.
According to Dr. Cheryl Peek-Ball, the Department of Health's Senior Medical Officer, the most recent Health Department ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2010
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A shuffle will take place among four primary schools as principals get moved and one retires.
The Ministry of Education announced the move yesterday morning.
Education Commissioner Wendy McDonell said the administrative transfers will take place in S...
DATE: Mar 13, 2010
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Politicians, local celebrities and business leaders were yesterday "locked-up" and put on trial to raise money for PRIDE Bermuda.
Last year the "Celebrity Lock-Up" event raised more than $50,000 for the drug-prevention charity and, according to PRIDE...
DATE: Mar 13, 2010
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Nine nursing aides furthered their education by graduating from a programme designed to help them work with patients with disabilities.
The graduation took place on Wednesday at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute (MWI). The course was called City &...
DATE: Mar 12, 2010
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Three school principals are being reassigned and another is to retire, the Ministry of Education announced this morning.
Commissioner of Education, Wendy McDonell, said the administrative transfers will take place in September with the principals be...
DATE: Mar 12, 2010
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The Ministry of Health has cut grants to its charities and organisations by more than $250,000.
Minister of Health Walter Roban told the House of Assembly the cuts total $278,000 from nine of its ten grants for the upcoming year.
The only grant not r...
DATE: Mar 12, 2010
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BELCO has introduced two $25,000 scholarships for full-time Bermudian postgraduate students.
The scholarships were named in honour of retired BELCO president and chief executive officer, Alfred Oughton and the late BELCO executive vice president Euge...
DATE: Mar 12, 2010
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