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Families who have been on a waiting list for Christmas food will be able to put meals on their tables thanks to big-hearted staff at Lancashire Insurance Company Limited.
The business bought $4,000 worth of food — also taking advantage of the 10 perc...
DATE: Dec 19, 2013
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A donation of $100,000 by the Kitson Group has pushed the fundraising campaign for Bermuda’s new hospital wing to the $30 million mark.
Brothers Kirk and Richard Kitson handed over the cheque to Bermuda Hospitals Board chairman Jonathan Brewin to mar...
DATE: Dec 19, 2013
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The Corporation of Hamilton scored a victory in the Supreme Court yesterday — as part of the ongoing legal battle over the disputed rights of management to take part in a labour bargaining unit.
City management have opted to sue the Corporation, acc...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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Food charity the Eliza DoLittle Society has received a $5,000 windfall from Rubis Energy Bermuda, as the group struggles to meet unprecedented levels of need.
“We’re rushed off our feet,” said Eliza DoLittle head Margaret Ward. “The best example I ca...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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A new principal has been appointed to the Berkeley Institute, and will take over as the school’s seventh head at the start of next year.
Phyllis Curtis-Tweed will take up the post on January 2. Term commences on January 6.
She will succeed acting pri...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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A tumultuous chapter in the Island’s relations with the US was recalled this morning as dignitaries gathered in a Smith’s churchyard to pay respects to former US Consul Charles Maxwell Allen.
Mr Allen represented the Union in Bermuda during the US Ci...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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Owners of restricted dog breeds joined together for a peaceful walk around Hamilton’s Queen Elizabeth II Park to allow members of the public to meet their pets.
The Royal Gazette photographer and proud pit bull owner Mark Tatem said Saturday’s walk, ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2013
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A Government move to bring in “pre-certification” — requiring doctors to get a second opinion when ordering diagnostic tests — has been poorly received across the Island’s medical community.
However, according to the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Associat...
DATE: Dec 17, 2013
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A mother alleging that a youth group leader kissed her son and pushed his tongue into the boy’s mouth told Magistrates’ Court she was convinced her son’s account was truthful.
“He probably still has more he could tell me,” the woman added.
For legal ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2013
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Court
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A schoolboy described being kissed twice by a youth group leader and told a magistrate the man told him to tell his mother “you were just playing with the boys” after he rejected advances in a secluded spot.
And the boy’s mother told Magistrates’ Cou...
DATE: Dec 14, 2013
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