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Hospital fees could rise by five percent in real terms over the next five years to help pay for the $315 million improvements to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Bermuda Hospitals Board CEO David Hill estimated the increase could cause insurance pr...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Government MP Lovitta Foggo has warned of the "negative labels" schools could end up with if their exam results are made public each year.
The Ministry of Education plans to start publishing test results in 2009 to improve accountability as part of t...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Legendary calypso entertainers The Talbot Brothers are to be celebrated in pictures and song next year.
A coffee table book as well as CD and DVD collections are to be released – funded by the Blackie Talbot Foundation with the support of the Bank of...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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A self-confessed drug addict went on a crime spree in the City of Hamilton stealing $1,450 in cash and cartons of cigarettes to fuel his addiction.
Clinton Kevin Eugene Smith, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to entering Crow Lane Bakery, Common Gr...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Bermuda Union of Teachers today called for the immediate resignation or removal of Philip Butterfield, chairman of the interim executive board on education.
BUT president Keisha Douglas said comments made by Mr. Butterfield on Tuesday about teachers ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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More than 1,000 people in Bermuda could be living with a chronic lung disease that severely limits their lives.
The condition is called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the Bermuda Hospitals Board marked International COPD Day with an...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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United Bermuda Party candidate Charlie Swan has called for the "nuts and bolts" to be put in place to ensure the long-awaited National Training Board apprenticeship programme is a success.
Mr. Swan, who runs a plumbing company, said young people need...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Those that have made significant donations to Charities House were giving recognition at a special dedication ceremony held at the property in Point Finger Road.
Charities House provides office rental space for a number of charities and in return tho...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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The chairman of the board tasked with implementing change in public schools yesterday described teachers union' leader Mike Charles as a gym teacher who has "had his 15 minutes of fame".
Philip Butterfield was highly critical of the general secretary...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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The trip was harrowing. However Bermuda was nothing short of paradise says Richard Branson's daughter Holly of her family's recent trip here.
The British billionaire's daughter gave a detailed account to the UK's Mirror newspaper of the transatlantic...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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