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Minister of Health Walter Roban opened Mental Health Awareness Week stressing the importance of early treatment of mental disorders.
Speaking at the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute (MWI), the Minister said: "Over 450 million individuals around the wo...
DATE: Oct 08, 2009
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The Bermuda Heart Foundation (BHF) is planning to launch a prevention and intervention centre to combat the leading killer of Bermudians.
Around 64 percent of Bermudians have one or more factors that could lead to heart disease. The BHF is aiming to ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2009
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There are between 250 and 300 homeless on the Island and the number of homeless are on the rise, according to the Salvation Army.
The problem is big enough that the charitable organisation is forced to turn people away from the shelters it operates f...
DATE: Oct 07, 2009
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A family was left devastated after the loss of a husband and father in an industrial accident on Monday.
S.A.L. mechanic Jonathan Willis, 39, from Paget died after he was trapped under a forklift in an accident at a Hamilton Parish construction site....
DATE: Oct 07, 2009
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A Paget man was banned from driving all vehicles for 12 months after Police found him asleep in a parked car, smelling of alcohol.
Cordell Burchall, 34, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court yesterday to having care and control of a vehicle while impa...
DATE: Oct 06, 2009
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A Southampton man said he was stunned after he was turned away by a clerk while trying to pay a parking ticket.
Tim Simons said he was told that the ticket was not in the system it was issued to him on September 7.
"I just walked in, went to the lady...
DATE: Oct 06, 2009
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Police have identified the man killed in a forklift accident yesterday afternoon as 39-year-old Jonathan Willis.
The British-born Paget resident worked as a mechanic at the S.A.L. site on Wilkinson Quarry.
A Police spokesman said: “Mr. Willis was the...
DATE: Oct 06, 2009
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PALS hopes persons affected by cancer will join in a celebration of life at Astwood Park tomorrow morning.
The charity will host 'Survivor Sunrise Sunday', featuring a performance by singer, drummer and cancer survivor Fred Johnson.
Jan Fraser Coles,...
DATE: Oct 03, 2009
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An agreement with Britain which allows Bermuda to negotiate directly with other countries has been "strengthened" after a review, the Premier said last night.
The UK launched the review of the general entrustment agreement after four former Guantánam...
DATE: Oct 02, 2009
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As Bermuda celebrates the 13th Annual Breast Cancer Month this October, it will also be raising money for a Cancer Information Service on the Island.
Throughout the month, a series of fund-raisers will be held to set up the Service, which will provid...
DATE: Oct 01, 2009
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