Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe says that the courts are seeing a “population of lost boys” whose drug use is severely impacting their life chances and has called for sustained anti-drug education and rehabilitation programs. Speaking at Friday’s Supreme Court ceremony to mark the start of the Legal Year, Mr Wolffe cited statistics which show that…...
Archives for January 2018
Atherden goes silent on CT scan fee claims
Opposition Leader and former Health Minister Jeane Atherden has ignored repeated requests to clarify her role in setting MRI and CT scan fees in the wake of Government’s assertion that technical recommendations were not followed. According to the Health Ministry, lower fee reimbursements than those recommended were implemented as a result. In a January 22…...
Women dominate Peace Builders initiative
Bermuda’s latest initiative to tackle gang violence is going to be driven by women if attendance at the inaugural Peace Builders training session is any indication. But there is some hope that the project would attract a more diverse following – including even some of the estimated 300 people associated in some way with gangs…....
Inertia – Bermuda’s greatest climate change challenge
Mark Guishard, PhD, presentation at ThinkFest 2017 on "Should Bermuda care about climate change?"
Bermuda is doing next to nothing to address climate change in the face of significant adverse impacts in the decades to come. That was one the takeaways from Mark Guishard’s overview of climate change challenges and opportunities at ThinkFest 2017 on November 19. Guishard, PhD, a director of BIOS’s risk prediction initiative explained the latest…...
Payroll tax hike for high earners could be stalled – Government
Premier signals policy changes in pre-Budget consultative report
Government may not move ahead with full implementation of payroll tax reform proposals initiated by the former administration, it was revealed yesterday. Higher income earners in international business may be spared payroll tax increases envisaged as part of the new progressive tax regime, but lower earners would enjoy lower taxes as planned. this Government is…...
Taxpayers to shell out $2 million in diagnostic imaging fees
as dispute between Ewart Brown and the Bermuda Health Council rumbles on
Government is shelling out more than $2 million to compensate the hospital and Ewart Brown’s private clinics for drastically reduced fees for MRIs and CT scans. The money – estimated to be close to $800,000 for Dr. Brown’s two private clinics and $1.8 million for the Bermuda Hospitals Board by the end of the fiscal…...