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Residents could know more about the healthcare choices available to them when health sector businesses join a revamped Health Council register.
The Bermuda Health Council has invited the over 300 healthcare businesses across the country to register w...
DATE: Feb 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The Ministry of Tourism and Transport, and the Bermuda Tourism Authority will be hosting an industry outlook on Wednesday covering challenges and opportunities in the year ahead.
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce and the Bermuda Hotel Association will...
DATE: Feb 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A teenaged schoolgirl who carried out research into the genetic reasons for “a sweet tooth” has expanded her study to include more men and people with Type 2 diabetes.
Kameron Young, 17 and in her final year of the International Baccalaureate Diploma...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A man accused of smuggling $649,900 worth of heroin to Bermuda told a jury yesterday he was forced to bring the drugs to the island by a Jamaican “don” who threatened to kill his family.
Omar Davy, 38, said he was kidnapped and beaten by a group of m...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A sailing programme for young people has won backing from the charitable arm of a major insurance company.
Endeavour Community Sailing will get the cash from the Argo Foundation, set up by the Argo Group.
Jennifer Pitcher, Endeavour’s community engag...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Mayor of St George said last night she was “saddened and disappointed” by proposals to axe the two local authorities on the island.
Now, Quinell Francis has asked residents and business owners in the St George’s area to attend a special town hall...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Progress reports for public primary and middle school students will be sent out next month, the education minister pledged yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said: “We want to assure parents that student reports will be provided in early March, early May, wit...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A proposal that financial assistance could be clawed back from the estates of dead recipients would penalise families, the head of a charity said yesterday.
Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said the organisation feared a bid t...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The island’s gambling watchdog said yesterday it was ordered by the Government to find its own funds.
The news came as the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission presented its annual reports from September 2015 to the end of March 2017 to the House of Asse...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents and businesses in three parishes will suffer disruption to water supplies as pipe repairs are carried out, the public works ministry has warned.
Work in Devonshire, Smith’s and Hamilton Parish on the replacement and repair of the water main...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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