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Fifty-One Group Health Plans Are Cancelled
The Health Department is cancelling 51 employer groups due to non-payment of premiums, Government announced this morning [Mar.26]. Speaking at a briefing on the new premiums being introduced for Government’s Health Insurance Plan [HIP] and the FutureCare programme for seniors, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the group policies are being cancelled... Read more of this article
Desilva & Blakeney: Ministry Budgets
[Updated with videos] Minister of Health Zane Desilva and Minister of Youth, Families & Sports Glenn Blakeney held a joint press conference this morning [Feb.28], to discuss their Ministry’s respective budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. The proposed 2012/13 budget for the Ministry of Health is $190.98 million, a 10.9% increase from last... Read more of this article
Video: Health Ministry Budget Up 10.9%
The proposed 2012/13 budget for the Ministry of Health is $190.98 million, a 10.9% increase on the base budget from last year, Health Minister Zane Desilva said at yesterday’s [Feb.24] post-budget press conference. All of this increase has been applied to the budget for the Hospital Subsidy, said Minister, with the vast majority of the Ministry’s... Read more of this article
End-to-End Fitness Programme Launches
“The Ministry of Health is very pleased to, once again, throw our support behind the 2012 Catlin End-to-End,” Health Minister Zane Desilva said this morning [Feb.6]. “As we all know, the promotion of healthy lifestyle practices, such as regular exercise, leads to the prevention of many of Bermuda’s leading illnesses and diseases. “Obesity,... Read more of this article
Health Minister On FutureCare
Speaking on Friday in the House of Assembly, Minister of Health Zane DeSilva said that “Government was transparent in how it developed and rolled out FutureCare.” “On 8th December, 2011, the Health Insurance Department issued a detailed press statement on FutureCare co-payments for local specialist care, in which the Director of the... Read more of this article
Videos: Premier’s Town Hall Meeting
Last night [Jan.18] Premier Paula Cox was joined by three Cabinet Ministers at the Dalton E. Tucker Primary School in Southampton, as she hosted the first in a series of Town Hall meetings to discuss the upcoming Budget. The Premier was joined by Attorney General & Minister of Justice Kim Wilson, Minister of Health Zane Desilva, and Minister of... Read more of this article
Ruling ‘Astounded’ Audubon Society
The Bermuda Audubon Society [BAS] has labelled as “absolutely astonishing” a decision by then Environment Minister Walter Roban that could have allowed for further industrial development at Devonshire Marsh. In its winter newsletter, the conservation group says it couldn’t understand how the former Minister could justify upholding... Read more of this article
BEST: Why Decisions Were Wrong
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] said they are “concerned that the public is being led to believe there was nothing wrong” with the planning appeal decisions made by former Environment Minister Walter Roban last month. Mr Roban resigned from his position as Minister for Public Works in November, after coming under... Read more of this article
Jackson & Desilva On FutureCare
[Updated] This evening [Dec.4] Minister of Health Zane Desilva issued a statement in response to a statement by One Bermuda Alliance MP Louise Jackson. Mrs Jackson, the Opposition’s spokesperson on Seniors, said “Health Minister Zane DeSilva today on radio called me a liar over the lack of accurate written information about the benefits... Read more of this article
Health Minister Speaks On FutureCare
Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday [Dec.2] Minister of Health Zane Desilva responded to Louise Jackson’s recent statements on FutureCare saying, “Although we applaud the tenacity and passion of our Honourable Member, yet again we have found that the research and fact gathering have been poor.” Speaking earlier this week, the... Read more of this article
World AIDS Day Proclamation Ceremony
Just before noon today [Dec.1] on steps of City Hall, Minister of Health Zane Desilva read the Official Proclamation to mark World AIDS Day. The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day 2011 is ‘Getting to Zero’and achieving three targets: Zero new HIV infections; Zero discrimination; and Zero AIDS-related deaths. From 1982 to 2010, over 700... Read more of this article
Ministers: Accessibility Is Imperative
[Updated with video] While disabled Bermudians have made progress in the local workplace in recent years, new Government measures are intended to eliminate any remaining physical restrictions impeding their success. Minister of Youth, Families & Sports Glenn Blakeney today [Nov.30] said upcoming legislation was intended to ensure the island’s... Read more of this article
“Premier Needs To Make Statement”
OBA Leader Craig Cannonier said that Premier Paula Cox needs to make a statement to fully address the recent planning matters, as “the pattern of behaviour revealed by these three individuals calls into question not just personal motivations but also the system.” The PLP issued a statement in response saying, “As much as the OBA would... Read more of this article
Planning Appeals To Be “Reviewed Afresh”
Former Environment Minister Walter Roban’s decisions to allow Planning appeals by two fellow Cabinet Ministers to proceed have been declared void — because he had already left that portfolio before his Parliamentary colleagues had been notified. This evening the Ministry of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy said although... Read more of this article
“Total Affront To Good Governance”
OBA Senator Michael Fahy spoke on the recent decision by Minister Roban to approve a planning appeal for a company owned by fellow Cabinet Minister Zane Desilva saying, “…it is the same dubious behaviour the country is sick of.” “The OBA is very much in favour of a comprehensive overhaul of Planning laws, rules and regulations... Read more of this article
Health Minister Applauds LCCA’s Work
Echoing sentiments expressed by the Governor in the recent Throne Speech, Health Minister Zane DeSilva yesterday [Nov. 15] encouraged Bermudians to support the Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association [LCCA] Overseas Medical Care Fund when they are reaching into their pockets to make charitable donations. The Health Minister said his Ministry works closely... Read more of this article
