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Gitanjali Gutiérrez will make her first public appearance as information commissioner next Monday during two open sessions in which she will move to explain the role of her office.
The Public Access to Information (PATI) Act 2010 comes into effect on...
DATE: Mar 09, 2015
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A 56-year-old man of no fixed abode has been charged for a grievous bodily harm offence that was said to have taken place 15 years ago.
Kenneth Dyer, formerly of Southampton, said that he left the Island “18 or 19 years ago”, to which Senior Magistr...
DATE: Mar 09, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Industrial Union is to hold a meeting with bus operators tomorrow morning to discuss cancelled bus runs and overtime.
The Allied Workers’ Division will meet at 11.30pm and the BIU said there would be no disruption to service.
There have...
DATE: Mar 08, 2015
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Premier Michael Dunkley joined leaders across the world today in recognising International Women’s Day.
Mr Dunkley said: “Today we celebrate the global strides women have made in all areas of society, including politics, social justice, business, the...
DATE: Mar 08, 2015
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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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AUTHOR:
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...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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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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