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A nurse suffering from cancer said yesterday she “appreciated every penny” after the public rallied around and donated $24,000 to help pay for her treatment overseas.
Eloise Bell, 73, is still in Boston, where she has been since September 30, for tre...
DATE: Oct 17, 2019
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The first woman director of music for the Somerset Brigade Band said yesterday she was proud to throw her support behind this year’s poppy appeal in aid of Bermuda’s war veterans.
Cher-Ann Brangman, 42, said that taking the directorship this year had...
DATE: Oct 16, 2019
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
A mentally ill man who committed a “spree” of violent offences, including a serious sexual assault, last year was yesterday detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act.
The hospital order imposed restrictions to block the discharge of Jah-Rome H...
DATE: Oct 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A night of entertainment is to be held next month to raise funds to help set up the island’s first clinic for amputees.
LaKiesha Wolffe said her charity, A New Life, also hoped that the clinic would be able to start construction of high-tech replacem...
DATE: Oct 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A power cut in a residential area after a truck took out a utility pole sparked fury among residents yesterday.
One householder in Orange Valley Road, Devonshire, said that trucks should be banned from the narrow thoroughfare after a string of incide...
DATE: Oct 15, 2019
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
The island’s milk has run low as a result of poor weather, but will be topped up “in short order”, according to Michael Dunkley.
Mr Dunkley, the owner of milk wholesaler Dunkley’s Dairy, said yesterday that “the supply is on its way back” of the blue...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
Wide-ranging union talks were held on Wednesday with David Burt, the Premier, along with several members of Cabinet.
Discussions ranged from upcoming negotiations, employee training, the impact of innovative technologies, planned revisions to Bermuda...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new headteacher has been announced for St Johnsbury Academy, an independent boarding school in northern Vermont popular with Bermudian students.
Sharon Howell, whose last post was principal at Indian Springs School in Birmingham, Alabama, will succ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “light-hearted” family event to discuss end of life options will be held tomorrow in Warwick.
Dubbed “the Departure Lounge” and brought by the group Final Steps, the day of activities is aimed at reckoning with mortality.
Jasen Moniz, one of the gr...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
Sweeping changes to Bermuda’s pensions regime, including the right to cash in a chunk of a job pension on retirement, are being watched closely by the insurance industry.
The amendments, if voted into law, could have “significant repercussions for in...
DATE: Oct 10, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell