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Age Concern is fighting a rearguard action against the threat to increase national hospital insurance plan (HIP) premiums.
Bermuda's health insurers are lobbying for Government to raise the rates in April to offset the increasing cost of claims, desp...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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A Sandys "pirate" didn't have to walk the plank at Magistrate's Court yesterday ? but he was fined $1,000 for stealing a St. George's resident's boat and then registering it under his own name.
Ruben Mayho, 43, admitted to Acting Senior Magistrate Ca...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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The man who inspired the recent major motion picture “Antwone Fisher” is coming to the Island to speak with senior school and Bermuda College students this month.
Antwone Quenton Fisher's fascinating journey from a troubled childhood through a stint ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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The ratings agency Standard & Poor's yesterday affirmed Bermuda's credit rating.
S&P assigned the Bermuda government an ‘AA' long-term credit rating and an ‘A-1+' short-term credit rating. The outlook remains stable.
Credit ratings affect organisatio...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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Acting Opposition Leader Michael Dunkley believes the Bermuda Housing Corporation scandal is tarnishing the reputation of all politicians in Bermuda.
Mr. Dunkley, who as Shadow Housing Minister first revealed the scandal at the quango in the House of...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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A company run by former Progressive Labour Party MP Arthur Pitcher which broke safety rules when it removed asbestos from a building site has escaped prosecution, The Royal Gazette has learned.
Shadow Health Minister Michael Dunkley said yesterday it...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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Man faces sex assault charge
A 37-year-old St. George's man was charged with sexual assault yesterday after allegedly violently breaching a restraining order.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was not required to respond to the seven ch...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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Government needs to choose between fast ferries and better care for Bermuda's seniors, Age Concern's Claudette Fleming has challenged.
Ms Fleming spoke in the wake of news that the Matilda Smith Williams seniors' home, currently under the administrat...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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A 34-year-old con man who defrauded a Hurricane Fabian victim of more than $1,800 and used the money to buy heroin will spend two years in prison after admitting the crime.
But Kenneth Faries, who has a long list of previous convictions for fraud, to...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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Finance Minister Eugene Cox has promised the Island's pensioners another increase in pensions in next month's budget.
In a leaflet sent to seniors he said said Government planned to follow up on last year's three percent rise.
He said: "Government is...
DATE: Jan 06, 2004
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