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Ewart Brown urged health minister Kim Wilson to “politically interfere” to ensure his clinics did not suffer financially in the wake of a One Bermuda Alliance government decision to slash fees for medical scans.
The doctor and former premier e-mailed...
DATE: Aug 31, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A seven-month e-mail trail details the controversy that led to the Bermuda Government’s decision to offer compensation to medical services that were affected hit by a significant cut in fees for high-tech scans.
“It would appear that the [health] co...
DATE: Aug 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Minister of National Security said yesterday he was “satisfied” that a sports club was properly policed in the hours before a fatal stabbing in the road outside.
Wayne Caines added he planned to have a review carried out to determine if anything ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The full details of a $600,000 payout to former premier Ewart Brown from the public purse late last year will remain under wraps.
The Ministry of Health refused a public access to information request from The Royal Gazette to release the financial ag...
DATE: Aug 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
C.V. “Jim” Woolridge, one of the leading figures of the former United Bermuda Party and a cricket commentator famed as the “Voice of Summer”, died yesterday at the age of 92.
The long-serving former minister of tourism, who was MP for Smith’s South, ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean has urged the Government to encourage entrepreneurs through tax cuts and less red tape.
Mr Bean also called for the Government to lower its spending through a reduction in the size of the Civil Service...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Four Uighur refugees have been granted citizenship nine years after a secret deal with the United States to give them asylum on the island.
The move was welcomed by Ewart Brown, the former premier, who arranged their transfer to Bermuda.
The home aff...
DATE: Aug 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The former leader of the Progressive Labour Party has claimed deceit by leaders of the black community during a wave of protests in 2016 triggered the stroke that helped to end his political career.
Marc Bean said yesterday that anti-immigration prot...
DATE: Aug 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The number of jobs that will be created by the financial technology industry was questioned by the Leader of the Opposition yesterday.
Jeanne Atherden, also the shadow finance minister, asked David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, how many ...
DATE: Aug 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A town hall meeting is set for Wednesday to give Hamilton stakeholders their say on the best ways to build up municipal governance.
The meeting has been called by the Ministry of Home Affairs, with an invitation to city “residents, property-owners an...
DATE: Aug 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell