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Bermuda must rely less on imported plants to avoid inheriting dangerous invasive pests from its neighbours.
This the word from visiting horticulturalist, Stephen Brown, University of Florida Horticulture Programme Leader, who was in Bermuda with his ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Premiums for private and public health insurance could rise after the House of Assembly agreed to a 13 percent increase in the Standard Hospital Benefit.
The $27 rise was branded "baffling" by Opposition spokeswoman Louise Jackson.
Last night in the ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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The Ministry of Education was forced to slash $6 million from its budget only "a day or two" before the 2010/11 Budget was printed.
Education Minister El James informed MPs of the move in the House of Assembly yesterday.
He said the cuts were mostly ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some US states have begun using controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines to stop offering routine mammograms for uninsured women in their 40s, a survey by the Avon Foundation for Women found.
The Avon survey of more th...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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A 17-year-old Smith's man has been fined $2,000 and prohibited from driving for two years after he was caught behind the wheel of his mother's car while drunk.
Nicholas Chilvers pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to driving while disqualified by re...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Britain's Liberal Democrats, potential kingmakers in an imminent election, said on Saturday they were confident markets would give politicians time to form a government if no party was an outright winner.
David Laws, a...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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Bermuda's teen pregnancies are at the lowest point in two decades but the number of sexually transmitted diseases have increased.
According to Dr. Cheryl Peek-Ball, the Department of Health's Senior Medical Officer, the most recent Health Department ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2010
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Three women who have excelled in their chosen professions were singled out for honors by the Business and Professional Women's Association of Bermuda (BPWA), at its 34th Anniversary Banquet and Candle-Lighting Ceremony.
The gala event at the Royal Ha...
DATE: Mar 13, 2010
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A shuffle will take place among four primary schools as principals get moved and one retires.
The Ministry of Education announced the move yesterday morning.
Education Commissioner Wendy McDonell said the administrative transfers will take place in S...
DATE: Mar 13, 2010
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More than 10 years on, due to legislative mandated contributions to the Bermuda National Pension Scheme, Bermuda resident investors have become more comfortable with the concept of mutual funds.
Locally, there are more choices in funds; globally, at ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2010
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