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Hospital staff will get free admission to an online conference on breast and ovarian cancer coming today.
The Pink and Teal virtual conference will showcase “leading specialists on the latest and cutting edge advances on the treatment and prevention ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A nursery school in Hamilton Parish was yesterday ordered to temporarily close after an incident earlier this week sparked an investigation.
The Little Blessings Nursery on North Shore Road near Shelly Bay is being reviewed by Officers of Department ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A call for vulnerable sharks to be spared from fishing came from an environmentalist after pictures circulated via social media showed two dead tiger sharks aboard an unidentified boat.
Tiger sharks are not only under threat, but crucial to the healt...
DATE: Jul 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have reported a quarantine breach at the Cannonier-Watson residence, which a spokesman said would result in another court appearance for the family.
Sophia Cannonier and her husband Michael Watson said a “sea” of police officers appeared at th...
DATE: Jul 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The caseload of the Bermuda Diabetes Association surged after the island endured more than one year of pandemic conditions, Hamilton Rotary Club heard yesterday.
The charity tackling one of Bermuda’s most prevalent chronic illnesses also saw triple t...
DATE: Jul 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party appeared to draw stinging criticism from one of its own in a broadside in the House of Assembly, with backbencher Jamahl Simmons decrying a “mindset” pandering to businesses and putting population growth ahead of the part...
DATE: Jul 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A vet this week sounded a warning over a “massive” number of dogs left unvaccinated against common illnesses because their owners “do not believe in it, or do not have the money”.
Andrew Madeiros of Ettrick Animal Hospital spoke after an apparent vir...
DATE: Jul 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “hero” to the labour movement and the Progressive Labour Party was celebrated in the House of Assembly on Friday.
David Burt, the Premier, called Charles Leroy Riley an “uncompromising warrior” for both causes, frequently calling radio shows to giv...
DATE: Jul 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parliamentary rules thwarted an attempt to get details on an “error“ granting an exemption to the lockdown imposed in April that briefly allowed construction of a St George’s hotel to continue.
The exemption for the St Regis resort construction was p...
DATE: Jul 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Controversial changes to Special Development Orders were approved in the House of Assembly yesterday despite objections by the Opposition.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said SDOs would undergo “far more transparency, scrutiny and testing”...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes