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A reconfiguration of services is being carried out by the Oral Health Section of the Department of Health.
Clients will be prioritised based on current ongoing treatment and overall clinical need under the new system, which is intended to ensure avai...
DATE: Nov 17, 2015
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Kii Small stands as an example of how international Bermuda can be.
Born in Bermuda to Barbadian parents and now living in New Zealand, the 18-year-old has been selected for the next Youth Parliament.
He will represent his home district of Northland,...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Children first” was the phrase used to describe the focus of the Ministry of Education during the Throne Speech on Friday.
A raft of school improvement plans, which are under way and scheduled for completion by 2018, were outlined.
Delivering a rela...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Trindade petrel has been sighted for the first time in Bermuda.
Wildlife rehabilitator and eco-tour guide Lynn Thorne made the exciting discovery on Friday while on a cahow watch two miles east of the Island with visiting ornithologist Bob Flood a...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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Environment
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Hospital authorities are being urged to let fathers stay overnight with their partners on KEMH’s maternity ward before and after their babies are born.
A new pilot programme lets dads and other partners stay to give support to mothers after their new...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A Bermudian teacher in Paris last night described her “terrifying” ordeal locked in a restaurant on the same block where terrorists opened fire in one of a string of attacks across the French capital.
Tiffany-Latoya Smith, 28, was enjoying an evenin...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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A pledge to commit to gender equality and a focus on human rights have piqued the interest of environmentalists.
While the Throne Speech neglected to hit a few items from Greenrock’s wish list, Jonathan Starling said there were certainly things he we...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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Politics
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The discussion over centralised dispatching for taxis looks set to reach conclusion after the Throne Speech alluded that it would be introduced in 2016.
The Governor, George Fergusson, announced that efforts to rebuild Bermuda’s tourism industry woul...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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Politics
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Girls have been invited to join the Bermuda Scout Association for the first time in the organisation’s history.
The move comes after a new Explorers group was set up for older scouts wanting to continue with the programme, leader Brad Woodings told ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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Electricity in Bermuda may become greener and cheaper in the coming 12 months as part of a regulatory Government overhaul.
In Friday’s Throne Speech, the Governor, George Fergusson, outlined plans to introduce the Electricity Act, which is aimed at ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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Politics
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