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The cost of health care in Bermuda has increased 100 percent over the past decade due to greater technology, an aging population and more demanding patients, it was claimed yesterday.
The Health Insurance Association of Bermuda (HIAB) spoke out follo...
DATE: Dec 07, 2001
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A teacher is quitting Bermuda College after being assaulted in the classroom and in protest at what she sees as a general decline in discipline.
The part-time teacher, who asked not to be named, is even more appalled because the attack took place in ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2001
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The tourist industry is hoping to become a world-leader by developing a detailed computer data base of visitors' preferences.
If the system becomes a reality, hotels and businesses will have detailed information about visitors' favourite drinks, rest...
DATE: Dec 06, 2001
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Several young draft dodgers have been tracked down during the Bermuda Regiment's extensive manhunt but more than 800 young men who shunned conscription and refused to answer the call-up this year remain at large.
A 26-year-old advertising worker and ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2001
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A top businessman yesterday called for better value for money for Island visitors and indicated that the recent influx of insurance business to Bermuda would create demand for better delivery from Bermuda's tourism sector.
But it could also be an opp...
DATE: Dec 06, 2001
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Locally produced entertainment is facing an uphill battle getting on the Island's airwaves because of flagging financial support from the business and advertising community.
At this week's forum on the need for local content regulations which would r...
DATE: Dec 06, 2001
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Teenagers across Bermuda were given a few tips on good decision-making yesterday when they listened to the story of quadriplegic car crash victim Adrian Dieleman.
The Canadian has been brought to the Island by Bermuda SMARTRISK to help advise seconda...
DATE: Dec 06, 2001
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Government is investigating whether to get small pox vaccine to counter a possible terrorist threat.
Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Cann said the Island had no such cover at the moment and getting the vaccine would be difficult, although the US is st...
DATE: Dec 06, 2001
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Government Senate Leader David Burch yesterday said he was fed up with the "hypocrisy" and "whining" about Caricom by the Opposition.
And in a brief Senate sitting, tempers flared between Sen. Burch and Senate Opposition Leader Kim Swan about the com...
DATE: Dec 06, 2001
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As the news of the death of Bermuda's own musical legend filtered through the Island, dozens took the time to pay tribute to a man who was a guiding inspiration to so many.
Hubert Smith Sr. passed away Monday afternoon after suffering a heart attack....
DATE: Dec 05, 2001
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