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Spanish Point residents are questioning why their trash is piling up on street corners, three days on from the customary pick-up day.
The Pembroke district ordinarily gets trash collected on Tuesdays, or occasionally on Wednesday.
The queries come ju...
DATE: Jan 16, 2015
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Criminologist and consultant Sylvia Chenery is back in Bermuda to run Police and their community partners through an intensive two weeks of Problem Oriented Policing and Partnership training (POPP).
The good news is that after nearly seven years of c...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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Bermuda’s student debate team represented the Island with confidence at the Pan American debates held in Claremont, California.
Team coach Gladstone Thompson, principal of St David’s Primary School, also found himself elected to the executive board o...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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The 50th anniversary of a turning point in the Island’s labour history — the clash at the Belco power plant after the strike — is to be marked.
The occasion on February 2 will include a “night of reflection” at the Bermuda Industrial Union Headquarte...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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A man who admitted sexually exploiting a five-year-old girl and inflicting emotional trauma on her family has been jailed for six years.
The Supreme Court heard that Michael Raymond Byron, 54, of Southampton, abused a position of trust when he molest...
DATE: Jan 15, 2015
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As Bermuda’s health spending climbs ever higher, insurance tactics to contain costs result in some patients being effectively denied the overseas treatment of their choice.
Allan DeSilva, of the Bermuda Healthcare Advocacy Group (BHAG), needs back su...
DATE: Jan 14, 2015
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
Businessman and jeweller Sayeed Ramadan, a war veteran and the father of Progressive Labour Party MP and Shadow Health Minister Kim Wilson, has died at the age of 78.
A tireless advocate for entrepreneurship and self sufficiency, Mr Ramadan prided hi...
DATE: Jan 13, 2015
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A contrite mother of three who admitted to assaults and threats on public transport is hoping to be sentenced by the Island’s new mental health courts.
However, Magistrate Archibald Warner cautioned that pleading a simple case of psychological distre...
DATE: Jan 12, 2015
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The America’s Cup Event Authority has taken on a Bermudian recruiting firm to hire local workers for positions relating to the 2017 America’s Cup races.
Minister for Economic Development Dr Grant Gibbons responded today to questions raised by the Pro...
DATE: Jan 09, 2015
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Event
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Jonathan Bell
“Substantial” work remains to restore waterfront structures damaged or destroyed by hurricanes Fay and Gonzalo, which struck the Island nearly three months ago.
One marine contractor estimated that months of repairs are still waiting to be tackled at...
DATE: Jan 08, 2015
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