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The House of Assembly will henceforth mark the passing of former legislators with a minute’s silence, under a show of respect proposed by Speaker Randy Horton.
Members of Parliament duly stood in silence in memory of Vincent Bridgewater, who represen...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Elderly patients are being abandoned at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, causing a shortage of beds that has led to the postponement of surgeries, Health Minister Jeanne Atherden told the House of Assembly.
“Our hospital is being used as a residenc...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Tourism Authority staff who meet performance objectives are eligible for bonuses of five to 30 per cent of their baseline salary, Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell told the House of Assembly yesterday.
“As of this morning, I was advised that n...
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Coroner Juan Wolffe has called on the Bermuda Hospitals Board to look at its policies regarding a drug which can save the lives of overdosing drug users.
Delivering his ruling at the inquest of 25-year-old Christopher Spencer, who died in 2012 of a h...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Avid amateur bird watcher Scott Neil made a rare sighting of a swallow-tailed kite yesterday.
Mr Neil reported seeing it while out on a run in the area. He said: “Just saw a swallow-tailed kite at Wyndham Hill, near Harrington Sound — very large and ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Rebecca Zuill
Despite a new fuel charge introduced in the latest Budget, electricity rates will not rise, according to Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons.
Dr Gibbons cited the recent drop in oil price, which reduced the electricity cost to Belco customers...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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The charity event Argus Walks the Walk broke its own record on February 22 by raising almost $35,000 for 125 local charities.
Both figures were a landmark for the event, undertaken in tandem with The Centre on Philanthropy, in which 1,094 people took...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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The decision to bypass war veterans and pay their pensions directly to nursing homes has been faulted as a cutback targeting an especially undeserving group.
Carol Everson, a welfare case worker for the Bermuda Legion, conceded that reductions might ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Bermuda’s failure to meet its own goals for spending cuts is “unfortunate” and “will not play out well with rating agencies and our creditors”, according to Grant Gibbons, the Minister for Economic Development.
Under the middle-term expenditure frame...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Daylight savings time returns this weekend, with clocks moving forward by one hour at 2am tomorrow.
The public are reminded to set their clocks forward one hour before going to bed tonight.
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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