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A national day of prayer will include an Island-wide moment of silence in the name of Bermuda’s victims of violent crime.
Clergy will also gather tomorrow in the Anglican Cathedral to acknowledge their own shortcomings, Bishop Elect Nicholas Dill yes...
DATE: May 04, 2013
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Seven contestants have been named for next month’s 2013 Miss Bermuda Pageant.
The beauties will vie for the crown on June 23 at the Fairmont Southampton Princess — when current Miss Bermuda Rochelle Minors passes on her title.
Pageant winners earn th...
DATE: May 03, 2013
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Repeated delays into the release of a Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) review are arousing the suspicions of healthcare advocates.
No release date had been given for the governance report into the BHB, handed in to the Board last month by consultants Ho...
DATE: May 03, 2013
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The Saltus community is today rallying around two popular faculty members, in a bid to help with their medical expenses as both battle cancer.
For ‘Saltus Family Day’, students are holding a fundraising popsicle and grub day for Upper Primary Physica...
DATE: May 03, 2013
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Youth charity Teen Services has proclaimed May to be Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, in recognition of Bermuda’s ongoing problems with the issue.
Community Minister Wayne Scott yesterday called for Island-wide support behind the awareness campaign, ...
DATE: May 02, 2013
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It was a make or break launch for Harbour Nights 2013 last night, which experienced a few hitches with its ambitious rebranding.
A hoped-for cruise ship at Dockyard didn’t arrive in time, Queen Street wasn’t quite pedestrianised, and organisers nervo...
DATE: May 02, 2013
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The Island’s churches aim to unite the Island through prayer.
A committee of pastors, collectively known as Bermuda Prays, yesterday announced they were responding to issues such as gang violence, and a decline in traditional family values.
They are ...
DATE: May 02, 2013
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A day care service for Bermuda’s seniors is to be cancelled by the Bermuda Hospitals Board, due to underuse.
The programme, which saw its numbers of visits fall by 50 percent over a five-year period, costs $270,000 a year to run — and last year serve...
DATE: May 02, 2013
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Bermudians could spend up to $1 billion on health in 2015 — and still get less value than similar countries.
Our spending is “very high”, the Bermuda Health Council CEO Jennifer Attride-Stirling warned, even when compared to jurisdictions with unheal...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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US doctor Michael Weitekamp has been appointed chief of staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Former chief Donald Thomas resigned last year after being placed on administrative leave.
Dr Weitekamp, who formally assumes his role today, holds responsib...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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