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Reducing rates of chronic, non-communicable diseases while achieving affordable healthcare cover are priorities of the Bermuda Goverment’s Health Action Plan, an industry symposium heard at the weekend.
Members of the health insurance and medical com...
DATE: Jan 18, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A new advertisement for the post of Director of Public Prosecutions has been published, seeking Bermudians or Bermuda residents only.
The advertisement, which appeared on page 29 of yesterday’s edition of The Royal Gazette and was placed by the Judic...
DATE: Jan 07, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
After two years of teaching social skills to autistic children in Hamilton, Amber Clark has witnessed some remarkable developments.
The Paget native participates in a programme every second and fourth Saturday of the month at the Tomorrow’s Voices a...
DATE: Jan 06, 2016
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A Commission of Inquiry is to investigate concerns raised by the Auditor-General over the handling of taxpayers’ money under the previous Progressive Labour Party administration.
The body will be appointed by mid-January and the four-strong team will...
DATE: Dec 30, 2015
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Politics
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They have raised more than $20,000 for Bermuda’s charities in their short existence as a group.
Now, with an historic Irish anniversary coming for the year ahead, the Bermuda Irish Association has bigger plans for 2016.
“We’re hoping to grow and brin...
DATE: Dec 23, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former minister Quinton Edness is calling on the Cabinet to launch an immediate investigation into the most recent findings of the Auditor-General.
Mr Edness said scrutiny of the “litany of non-compliance with financial instructions (FIs) and related...
DATE: Dec 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Head of the Civil Service Derrick Binns stressed that decision-making lies in the hands of ministers as he spoke out on the controversial failure to follow financial instructions.
Auditor-General Heather Jacobs Matthews has heavily criticised the Ber...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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The work of the Human Rights Commission could move ahead at three times its present speed now that it can step out from under the purview of the Bermuda Government.
Michael Hanson, the HRC’s outgoing chairman who is finishing his term after three yea...
DATE: Nov 23, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A retroactive regime promising zero tolerance for corruption and graft would be a top priority by a Progressive Labour Party Government.
Delivering his party’s “peace and prosperity agenda” in response to the Government’s Throne Speech, Marc Bean sai...
DATE: Nov 21, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A team of students have helped a disabled senior’s dreams come true by getting his old mobility scooter back on the road.
Owen Lindsay’s vehicle had been sitting rusting in his front garden for more than two years after it broke down and he could not...
DATE: Nov 19, 2015
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