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Visitors to the City of Hamilton are being harassed by a rising number of vagrants, a meeting heard last night.
Corporation of Hamilton Deputy Mayor Glen Smith told a town-hall meeting that begging on the streets had become a serious concern and need...
DATE: Jan 18, 2012
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Sam Strangeways
Cabinet will consider allowing cruise ships to keep their casinos open while in port in Bermuda, Transport Minister Derrick Burgess revealed yesterday.
He told a press conference he would take the idea back to his Cabinet colleagues after it came up ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2012
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief said yesterday he and international business were “kissing and making up” after he called on the corporate community to provide more money to tackle gun crime.
Mr Perinchief claimed IB had an “obligation, n...
DATE: Dec 24, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bighearted readers of The Royal Gazette have donated thousands of dollars in little more than a week to help an elderly widow with dementia receive care in her own home.
The LCCA (Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association), which has agreed to collect mo...
DATE: Dec 24, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda should be able to roll out its own Operation CeaseFire by April or May and may even have a national summit on gangs in 2012, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief has revealed.
He told The Royal Gazette he was convinced his Ministry and...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The UK would have stepped in and provided the funds to tackle gun violence in Bermuda if 16 white men had been shot dead since May 2009, according to National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief.
Mr Perinchief made the remark during an interview with ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Dr Dena Lister was yesterday named as principal of Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy.
The Ministry of Education said she had been acting in the role of principal at the special school in Devonshire since 2008.
A press release said: “Dr Lister is an edu...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The great-nephew of Mrs O said yesterday he was in no financial position to help pay for care for his elderly relative and didn’t have room to take her into his own home.
Mr S told The Royal Gazette: “I am struggling. I have been to the bank to refin...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government has indicated there may be a place for 98-year-old widow Mrs O at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s long-term care facility.
But the cost of keeping her there would be almost $14,000 a month: far more than the amount needed to pay for at...
DATE: Dec 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Readers of The Royal Gazette who want to help a 98-year-old widow in desperate need of care now have somewhere to send their donations.
The LCCA (Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association) agreed yesterday to “facilitate the collection and disbursement ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
