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A three-month report launched last year to review the Island's health care had to go into a second phase and will not be finished until spring this year, it emerged last night.
A Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) spokesperson said the option was always t...
DATE: Feb 16, 2008
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Government's net debt will have soared 42 percent in the space of 12 months by the end of this financial year, figures in yesterday's Budget statement revealed.
And over the next year it is projected to rise by another 37 percent.
Finance Minister Pa...
DATE: Feb 16, 2008
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Police received a report of a burglary at an Ord Road, Paget residence. The complainants told the officers that attended that sometime between 6.30 p.m. and 6.40 p.m. on Thursday, someone gained entry to their home.
The culprit stole a black wallet c...
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The Chief Medical Officer last night said he backed a tax hike on cigarettes, if it was backed up by public education.
Dr. John Cann was speaking after the Budget announced a 2.5 cent increase from 15.5 cents to 18 cents per cigarette, to be consider...
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A teenaged girl who allegedly had sex with a married man admitted to text messaging four different teenaged boys over the course of the summer multiple times at late hours of the night.
The defendant, a British national who cannot be named for legal ...
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The Police have had their budget increased by ten percent by Finance Minister Paula Cox who said Bermuda had witnessed a "period of lawlessness never witnessed before".
The financial allotment for the Police Service is provided for under the Ministry...
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Bermuda could be a role model for the world on seniors' health according to Age Concern executive director Claudette Fleming.
Yesterday, Health Minister Nelson Bascome announced that seniors could expect full health insurance coverage by April 1 next...
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Patients on Government's Health Insurance Plan (HIP) are struggling to get life-saving kidney transplants, according to a report by the Ombudsman.
In the most recent report, Ombudsman Arlene Brock said her office had received five complaints from pat...
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This is the full text of the Budget Statement delivered by Finance Minister Paula Cox in the House of Assembly yesterday:
To His Honour the Speaker and Members of the Honourable House of Assembly
Nelson Mandela: "Sometimes it falls upon a nation to ...
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Police received a report of a burglary at a Ducks Puddle Drive, Hamilton Parish residence.
Upon arrival, the complainant told officers that some time between 9.30 a.m. and 9.30 p.m. on Thursday, someone gained entry to her apartment while she was awa...
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