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A Government move to regulate the importation of expensive new healthcare gadgetry to the Island has been welcomed as a step toward reducing Bermuda’s escalating healthcare costs.
The latest Throne Speech declared upcoming changes to the law would in...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government hopes to build “a more inclusive Bermuda” through drafting a National Gender Policy aimed at “removing impediments and barriers wherever they exist”.
Announced in the Throne Speech, a National Gender Policy “will establish a framework for ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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Other
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The Watford Sports Club has been granted planning permission to install two pairs of cabanas “recycled” from the 9 Beaches resort.
The application was approved by the Development Applications Board late last month and also includes repairs and increa...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 20-foot shipping container and a truck were filled with old, worn out electronics collected during the latest e-Waste Recycling Day, which has been hailed a success by the Waste Management Department.
Items accepted last Saturday included anything ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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Other
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A Paget man violently resisted arrest and unlawfully assaulted two police officers.
Sean Allen, 49, received a total of ten days imprisonment after admitting the offences.
Allen was riding a motorcycle when he was pulled over by police shortly after ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A search for 18th century Bermuda sloop shipwrecks in the Turks and Caicos islands is being undertaken by a consortium involving the Bermuda Sloop Foundation and the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
Led by Dr Michael Jarvis — author of ‘In t...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock said today she was giving members of the Corporation of Hamilton longer than usual to respond to “adverse comments” made about them during her ongoing investigation into City Hall governance.
Ms Brock said in a statement that h...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A town hall meeting billed as a fight to save the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre has been called by Lovitta Foggo, Progressive Labour Party MP for St David’s.
Bermuda Hospitals Board has announced it intends to close down the East End medical facility...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two women appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning accused of assault, after a machete was wielded in a street brawl.
Vanessa Blyden, 22, and Chanel Smith, 25, were not required to enter pleas as the charges are indictable.
Ms Smith, of One Bay Es...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Bermudian teen is a performance away from singing at London’s O2 Arena as part of the 2013 UK Open Mic competition.
Lucy Rose Petty, 13, has already made it through the audition and regional rounds of the national competition with her original song...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
