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Health chiefs have admitted they failed to carry out a “reasonable search” for records about incidents that resulted in harm to patients at the island’s general hospital.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board initially told The Royal Gazette, in response to a ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Teachers have undergone two days of training on a new standards-based grading system.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said that staff from public primary schools and middle schools had participated in sessions the past two days.
The train...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The number of tourists tying the knot in Bermuda has rocketed in the past four years.
More than 7,500 people visited the island for weddings last year, compared with fewer than 4,000 in 2015, according to the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The weddings ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Patients whose health records were seized in police raids on Ewart Brown’s medical clinics do not want their files to be examined by detectives, their lawyer insisted yesterday.
Jerome Lynch QC told the Supreme Court that the 150 or so people he repr...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s health watchdog has released an information brief as part of a push towards a value-based healthcare system.
A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Health Council said that alternative payment mechanisms could be used to “reimburse the delivery of ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Police warned yesterday that fake $50 Bermuda banknotes are in circulation.
A police spokesman said ten of the fakes had been seized by police in the past ten days.
He added: “Employees are once again advised that if counterfeit cash is detected duri...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A police officer charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a motorcyclist by driving without due care and attention after his car and a bike crashed appeared at Supreme Court yesterday.
Joel Cassidy told the court that he saw a motorbike hit the p...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The secretary and chief operating officer of the City of Hamilton is to retire this month.
A spokeswoman for the City of Hamilton said Ed Benevides “has been at the helm of the city since 2008 and has decided to retire at the end of this month havin...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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Other
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A footballer was fined $1,000 and banned from the roads for 18 months after he refused to take a breath test.
Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday that Jahkai Hill, 28, was stopped in his car at a roadside breath test checkpoint on January 1.
The court...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A pregnant motorcyclist and her child passenger were injured after a collision with a police car this morning.
The 34-year-old woman and the seven-year-old boy were rushed to hospital.
Their injuries were said not to be serious and they were later d...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff