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The need to create new tourism products for Bermuda dominated discussion in the House of Assembly on Friday night.
One member sounded a clear warning to the new One Bermuda Alliance Government that without the creation of jobs “everything will come t...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Tourism
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A team of 70 interviewers from the Department of Statistics will set out tomorrow to start a study of residents’ spending habits.
The fifth Household Expenditure Survey (HES) is Bermuda’s first in nine years, and will target 700 households.
The resid...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Other
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A national gathering of prayer on the steps of City hall lacked inclusiveness, according to the managing director of the Centre for Justice.
“Bermuda is a community that comprises many different faiths and spiritual traditions,” Venous Memari said. “...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Other
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A planning application by the former chair of the Sustainable Development Roundtable has been rejected on appeal for being significantly larger in scale than permitted.
Ianthia Wade had submitted an application to install two floating docks at a priv...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s healthcare system is “well above average” for the size of the community it serves, according to an independent team of inspectors.
But the consultants also listed a number of areas that needed to be improved at King Edward VII Memorial, inc...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Opposition leader Marc Bean has sought to clarify his views on the role religious institutions play in the formation of public policy.
The leader of the Progressive Labour Party claimed that he would never ‘use my role to silence any group’, despite ...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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Other
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Retired One Bermuda Alliance MP Louise Jackson picked up a $30,000 six-month consulting contract to the Ministry of Health at the start of this year.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said she’d needed Ms Jackson’s assistance so that “we could ...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has formally tabled legislation to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
The Human Rights Act currently prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, religion and criminal record, but the Human Rights Amendm...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ombudsman Arlene Brock has given a scathing assessment to the independent review of BHB’s management of the Island’s health system, describing it as a “wasteful and expensive lesson”.
The Ombudsman said the Howard Consultants report “breezes over th...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Two Regiment soldiers were given suspended sentences after admitting repeatedly failing to attend training.
Ryan Lima, 21, of Pembroke, pleaded guilty to missing training on 16 occasions, disobeying an order to complete 15 days of extra duty and fail...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
