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The number of home healthcare providers has soared, resulting in an increase in abuse of the system, including scams such as time sheets submitted for patients who have died.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, revealed the figures last week but said...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Soldiers swung into action over the weekend to help the triathlon competition go without a hitch.
A total of 35 troops from the Royal Bermuda Regiment provided security and acted as marshals around MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda competition based i...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A mural designed to highlight the dangers of plastic pollution in the seas has gone on display at the new visitor services centre in Hamilton.
The artwork, created by photographer Meredith Andrews from plastic waste collected from the island’s shorel...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda will host an international parliamentary seminar this week intended to help lawmakers broaden their understanding of the legislative process.
Dennis Lister, Speaker of the House, announced that the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association had b...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Jamaica’s iconic Half Moon Hotel will pay tribute to Bermudian musician Lance Hayward by naming its new oceanfront bar and grill “Hayward’s”.
Sylvia Hayward, Mr Hayward’s daughter, was delighted by the news.
She said: “I immediately began to cry. I w...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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Other
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A team from Somersfield Academy has triumphed in an interschool maths competition.
The six-strong squad from the Devonshire school beat Saltus Grammar School into second place.
Mount St Agnes Academy and Warwick Academy came joint third, with Bermud...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermuda ship captain is to host a water safety seminar this Saturday,
Anthoni Lightbourne, a ship pilot of 11 years who earned his merchant mariner’s licence through the Maritime Coastguard Agency in the UK, will speak on boat navigation, boat han...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Sealed containers of liquid that wash ashore should not be handled or opened, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has warned.
The reminder was prompted by debris recently found on the coastline. The department cautioned that the objec...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
April Augustus is the new executive director of The Eliza DoLittle Society.
Ms Augustus, who has an extensive background working for social programmes in New York, replaces Jennifer Mahoney at the charity which feeds the homeless in Bermuda.
Her role...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A “well-known” 55-year-old man has been arrested after an assault recorded on video.
A police spokesman said: “The Bermuda Police Service can now confirm that the woman in the car who was apparently assaulted by a well-known male member of our commun...
DATE: Apr 28, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes