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Foul play is not suspected in the sudden death of a man found in an unresponsive state at a Southampton residence on Tuesday, according to police.
Emergency services were dispatched to a home on Eastdale Lane at 7.35pm, where a 63-year-old man was di...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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New details on Bermuda’s role in the toppling of slavery have been revealed by historian Clarence Maxwell.
Dr Maxwell’s lecture for the ThinkFest series was based on two notable figures from local history.
A Bermudian former slave, Mary Prince, becam...
DATE: Oct 17, 2017
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Campaigners fear the public are “turned off” by obesity risks despite its crippling impact on Bermuda’s health and economy.
More than 8,000 people suffer from lifestyle and diet-linked type 2 diabetes, with 157 patients on dialysis at the hospital, a...
DATE: Oct 17, 2017
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Governor John Rankin has launched a drive to boost applications for a UK Government scholarship designed to develop leadership skills.
Mr Rankin said the Chevening Scholarship had not attracted “as many Bermudian applicants in the past as we would li...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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The island’s Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award programme will benefit from charity pedal power next week.
Gym Court House Squash and Wellness selected the organisation for its upcoming “spinathon” fundraiser on exercise bikes.
Court House manag...
DATE: Oct 14, 2017
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The mother of a man murdered in a “senseless” stabbing yesterday backed a call from Crime Stoppers Bermuda for knife crime whistleblowers to come forward.
Belinda Ann Darrell said: “Whoever knows something, please come forward and speak up so that I ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2017
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Devonshire Recreation Club have marked a milestone with their final mortgage payment.The achievement has been held up as an example to other community clubs across the island.
Now the parish fixture, known as Devonshire Rec, are to celebrate the 17th...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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More buses will be on the roads after the Government lifted a hiring freeze for the Department of Public Transportation, Walter Roban, the Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs, said yesterday.
Mr Roban said a total of 14 maintenance positions...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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The 2018 Bermuda End-to-End is calling on local charities to put in their requests for support this month for next year’s big event.
The 31st annual End-to-End, sponsored by XL Catlin, is scheduled for May 5, and once again its funding focus will be ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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Elusive and incurable, lupus is now diagnosed in more Bermudians than ever as methods for spotting the illness improve.
For Ronisa DeFontes, president of the Bermuda Lupus Association, the life-changing discovery of her disease three years ago came a...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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