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Eight properties owned by the Bermuda Government are under consideration for sale to the public, the House of Assembly heard this morning.
Details were given by Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works, in response to parliamentary questions fro...
DATE: Jun 11, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
After months of setbacks on her cancer therapy, Cherrie Woods is cautiously thankful for clearance to leave Bermuda to get treatment.
“There is no proof as of yet, but they have given me their word,” said Ms Woods, who is meeting on Monday at the Dep...
DATE: Jun 10, 2016
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Empty for years and in danger of falling into disrepair, a house at the back of Portland Lane in Sandys is soon to become a home.
Members of the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation gathered there yesterday with friends to celebrate the building’s reviva...
DATE: Jun 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Recreational and charter boats will be forbidden from discharging any sewage overboard in the Great Sound, Little Sound, Harrington Sound and Castle Harbour.
From next year, shore-side pump-out facilities are being introduced for all new marinas, inc...
DATE: Jun 10, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A parent involvement committee is to be introduced for the next school year, MPs heard this morning.
The committee will work with the Commissioner of Education to improve parental involvement, education minister Wayne Scott told the House of Assembl...
DATE: Jun 10, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Luke Caines, a seriously disabled man who remains a ward of the hospital, still has an option to move out to the Summerhaven assisted living facility.
Don Ricardo Wynn, administrator of the facility, spoke with The Royal Gazette alongside chairman Jo...
DATE: Jun 09, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Community groups have reaped $140,000 in cash seized from criminal proceeds.
Nine groups benefited in the third instalment of a programme started by the Bermuda Government in November 2014, Cash Back for Communities.
They ranged from neighbourhood in...
DATE: Jun 09, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Still trapped on the island months after she was stopped from getting cancer treatment abroad, Cherrie Woods wonders if she would be better off incarcerated.
“It’s like I’d have to get locked up to get help — they let people in Westgate who have canc...
DATE: Jun 08, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Respects are to be paid tomorrow in the Anglican Cathedral to George Thomas, the former MP and ordained minister who died last month at the age of 79.
A service in the memory of Dr Thomas starts at 3pm, with “anybody and everybody welcome”, according...
DATE: Jun 08, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
Malicious hackers have made an unsuccessful attempt to break into the Bermuda Police Service’s computer network.
According to Michael DeSilva, the Commissioner of Police, the system was “recently targeted in a ransomware attack” — referring to softwa...
DATE: Jun 04, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell