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Around 800 people have signed an online petition supporting the legalisation of cannabis.
The site ‘Legalize Marijuana in Bermuda’ was set up four weeks ago on the social site Facebook, where as of yesterday it had garnered just under 1,000 “likes”.
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DATE: Apr 25, 2013
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A “slip” in the law mistakenly omitted a mandatory roads ban for motorists who plead guilty to driving while impaired, Attorney General Mark Pettingill yesterday acknowledged.
But the courts still retain full liberty to apply the 18-month suspension ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2013
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A “community beautification” initiative will bring out volunteers to spruce up needy homes in North East Hamilton.
The three-day campaign, augmented for one day by a team of 50 US Coast officer cadets, is aimed at launching a long-term commitment to ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2013
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Doctors aren’t the only ones witnessing a rise in patients who can’t pay: social assistance agencies also report an increase in medical arrears.
“We have certainly seen an increase in clients coming in with debts of all kinds — but unpaid medical bil...
DATE: Apr 23, 2013
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One year after she had to postpone the trip, a St David’s student is off to the US — thanks to generous sponsors in Bermuda.
“It’s a ten-day conference, meeting new people, exploring politics and debate,” said Staesha Pitcher of the upcoming Global Y...
DATE: Apr 22, 2013
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A desperate Pembroke mother said gang-fuelled bullying has left her with no choice but to leave the Island with her sons.
The woman, who asked that her name not be used, said teenage boys from her neighbourhood were regularly “jumped” if they went in...
DATE: Apr 22, 2013
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A local company has pitched in on behalf of three charities, in the first day of giving for Tokio Millennium Re.
Staff spent Thursday restoring Dockyard’s historic Casemates Barracks, clearing the grounds at WindReach, and painting the library for Th...
DATE: Apr 20, 2013
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For the first time in their history, food distributors the Eliza DoLittle Society (TEDS) have found themselves unable to meet demands.
Numbers have surged on Bermuda’s food supply centres just in the past six months, executive director Margaret Ward ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2013
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The 75th Agricultural Exhibition made an apparent break with tradition this year — the SPCA weren’t invited.
“This year, nothing — they just cut them off,” said the group’s former animal welfare officer Debbie Masters.
She said it’s been customary fo...
DATE: Apr 20, 2013
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A boat stranded along Ferry Reach is not abandoned — and its owner has appealed for it to be left alone after it was broken into.
“Nobody abandons a $120,000 boat,” said Oluf Ingemann whose 40ft trawler was left high and dry in 2010 by Hurricane Igor...
DATE: Apr 19, 2013
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