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The Island’s rising cost of healthcare “may present challenges with respect to sustainability and affordability”, according to the latest National Health Accounts Report.
However, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said Government was nonetheless in a good...
DATE: Jul 27, 2012
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Police Service has been hit by phone problems this evening and only has the 911 phone service in operation. A spokesman for the BPS issued the following statement to advice the public what to do if they wished to contact the police.
He said: ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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Bus services will be interrupted tomorrow as drivers hold a meeting to ratify a new schedule.
A Government spokesman said: "Please be advised the Department of Public Transportation (DPT) will hold a meeting for BIU members tomorrow morning from 10am...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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Road widening has begun on a stretch of land in Southampton.
The work is being done to improve conditions on Middle Road between Waterlot Inn and Riviera Road, according to Public Works Minister Michael Weeks.
It’s anticipated that the $400,000 proje...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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Some 70 students and volunteers from eleven companies participated in The Centre on Philanthropy’s Community Day.
The event, which was organised to benefit local charities, saw volunteers work on thirteen different projects, including cleaning BAMZ’s...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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Data collected from Bermuda’s waters is being used to track the effects of ocean acidification.
In a paper recently published by the journal Biogeosciences, a team of scientists from Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) and Scripps Institute of...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ideas ranging from a recreational area in the heart of North East Hamilton to a specialised vendor market were just two of a host of suggestions for the newly acquired lot bought by the City of Hamilton.
The recent acquisition was one of the last dea...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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Premier Paula Cox has extended condolences to the Government and people of Ghana on the sudden passing of president John Atta Mills.
The West African leader, who celebrated his 68th birthday on Saturday, was to have stood for re-election in December....
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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The Department of Health has reminded persons travelling to the London Olympics to get vaccinated for measles before their trip.
The virus can infect anyone breathing the same air as someone who is infected and stays in the air up to two hours after ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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A 31-year-old Pembroke man was fined $1,600 for cannabis possession.
Luis Raposo was stopped as part of a routine police search on April 20 outside the Mid Atlantic Boat Club.
Officers found one twist in his pants pocket containing plantlike materia...
DATE: Jul 26, 2012
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Court
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