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Doctors in Bermuda have backed calls for a national health council to be set up as a priority next year with the aim of reducing costs and improving the service to patients.
They said steps should be taken to massively reduce the number of patients g...
DATE: Dec 12, 2001
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There are an average of 50 serious head injuries every year in Bermuda, despite the Island's small population, Road Safety Chairman Dr. Joseph Froncioni told Hamilton Rotarians yesterday.
The cost of these injuries is substantial, he added, with a se...
DATE: Dec 12, 2001
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A Bermuda Regiment officer is part of an international military mission to Sierra Leone, attempting to rebuild the war-torn country's armed forces.
Major Brian Gonsalves, former aide-de-camp, is the operations and training officer for a British briga...
DATE: Dec 11, 2001
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Caribbean tourism officials said on Saturday they must pool resources to offset a drop in tourism to the region after the terror attacks on the United States, and some suggested forming a regional airline to guarantee flights.
"The need and importanc...
DATE: Dec 11, 2001
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The Human Rights Commission yesterday celebrated its twentieth anniversary.
The Human Rights Act, struck in 1981, recognises human rights as set out in the Constitution, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Huma...
DATE: Dec 11, 2001
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The names of six companies have been forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions for violating reporting requirements of the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality (CURE).
Human Affairs director Kenneth Dill told The Royal Gazette his departme...
DATE: Dec 11, 2001
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Bermudian and American authorities are still trying to work out how a highly-trained US parajumper lost his life in a straight forward operation in ideal conditions when his boat capsized on Friday night off St. David's.
Marine and Ports Director Ron...
DATE: Dec 11, 2001
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The “phenomenon of human rights” is an evolving process, Human Affairs Minister Randolph Horton said yesterday at the 20th anniversary ceremony of Bermuda's Human Rights Act, at Hamilton City Hall.
“Although comprehensive, we acknowledge that the Act...
DATE: Dec 11, 2001
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Quiet tears and heartfelt tributes flowed in equal measure yesterday afternoon as Bermuda bid farewell to a celebrated musician praised as a "legend in his own time.
A standing room only crowd - packed with local dignitaries and entertainers - filled...
DATE: Dec 11, 2001
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The deadline for businesses wanting to apply for Sunday Christmas opening has been extended until Friday.
By Wednesday last week only one business, The Phoenix Store, had applied to open on the two Sundays before Christmas, leading to the Finance Min...
DATE: Dec 11, 2001
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