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A final push is under way for donations of sunglasses to help people plagued by eye conditions in Haiti.
Lucy Willitts launched the drive for shades last year after she experienced, first hand, the plight of residents in the poverty-stricken country....
DATE: Jan 25, 2019
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A young woman who took her own life is to be remembered by former colleagues at a charity event to support people with mental health problems.
Jessica Gibbons was 25 when her 2016 death by suicide shocked colleagues at Red Steakhouse in Hamilton, whi...
DATE: Jan 24, 2019
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Primary school children have shared explicit pictures of themselves on mobile phones, a technology expert revealed yesterday.
Sloane Wilson, an acting junior analyst at the Government’s Department of ICT Policy and Innovation, said images were distri...
DATE: Jan 22, 2019
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City buildings could be brightened with art work if owners put their properties forward for a new public art programme.
The City of Hamilton has asked for suggestions on where people would like to see work created in the 2019 Vivid project.
Property ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2019
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Children as young as 11 are being exposed to pornography, parents in Bermuda have been warned.
Deana Puccio, a social-media expert and former New York court prosecutor, said mothers could not pretend their own sons were not affected.
Ms Puccio told T...
DATE: Jan 18, 2019
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A charity took its support sessions behind bars to help women in prison learn how to cope with life outside.
The Women’s Resource Centre teamed up with Tina Laws Consulting to deliver their first programme designed to equip inmates with the skills an...
DATE: Jan 17, 2019
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Three new schemes to develop young talent will be investments in the future of Bermuda, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt announced the programmes, to benefit ten young people at a cost of about $70,000, in line with a Throne Speech pledge last ...
DATE: Jan 17, 2019
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A cruise ship passenger was expected to be brought ashore to Bermuda for medical treatment last night.
The Anthem of the Seas was travelling from St Kitts to Bayonne, New Jersey, when the individual became unwell.
A Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre...
DATE: Jan 17, 2019
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Almost $230,000 a year is being shelled out to treat a violent child sex offender in Britain, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
An agreement reached between the Bermuda Hospitals Board and St Andrew’s Healthcare in England to provide mental health servic...
DATE: Jan 16, 2019
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A social entrepreneur and equal rights campaigner from the US has hosted a weekend retreat on the island.
Trabian Shorters, the chief executive and founder of the BMe Community, spoke at the Rosewood resort at Tucker’s Point.
He was welcomed on Thurs...
DATE: Jan 16, 2019
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