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Bermuda’s ageing population is causing Alzheimer’s to have a greater impact on the Island, but programmes are being introduced to help.
Elizabeth Stewart, founder of Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia (AAD) said few people are aware of how widespread...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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A Sandys man yesterday denied sexually touching a young girl.
The man cannot be identified for legal reasons.
He pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to two counts of touching a girl under the age of 16 for a sexual purpose and one count of intru...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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The days of piracy returned to Bermuda this weekend, with more than 20 people walking the plank to raise more than $100,000 for the Bermuda Sloop Foundation.
For the second year, volunteer ‘hostages’ scrambled to raise enough money in donations to pa...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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Police yesterday warned the public to secure their homes after electronics were stolen from a Smith’s home.
A Police spokesman said: “At around 11am Sunday morning, police attended a residence of Skyline Road in Smiths as a result of a breaking and e...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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High winds left hundreds of homes across the Island without power yesterday.
According to a Belco spokeswoman, outages started to occur at around 3.45am, as high winds and heavy rains struck the Island. Larger outages were reported in Warwick, Paget ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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A group of Pembroke seniors enjoyed food, prizes and music this weekend courtesy at a tea party, thrown by the Pembroke West Central PLP Branch.
A total of 40 seniors gathered at the Pembroke Community Club for the event on Saturday, which featured a...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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St George’s Mayor Garth Rothwell said he is disappointed with the summer ferry schedule due to a lack of evening service to the east.
The schedule, set to come into effect on April 15, lists four ferries between Dockyard and St George’s on Monday, We...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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A coming change in FutureCare premiums has angered some seniors, who say the programme is rapidly becoming too expensive.
The new rate structure, unveiled by Government last week, ends the existing two-tier system in which seniors paid different prem...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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Bermuda Regiment soldiers this weekend worked their way through a simulated riot in their most recent training exercise.
The exercise tasked soldiers to defend key locations in the Dockyard area while dealing with peaceful — and less peaceful — demon...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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The Bermuda Police Service is calling for the public to secure their homes after a rash of burglaries.
A Police spokesman said last night that the service has seen a surge in burglaries, specifically in Hamilton Parish, Warwick and Sandys.
The major...
DATE: Apr 06, 2013
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