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An emergency room doctor is heading to Haiti to tend to victims of last week's massive earthquake — and she is looking for volunteers to help in the coming months.
Tiffany Keenan, who works at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, will set off today or ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2010
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Chamber of Commerce president Stephen Todd has revealed his "wish list" for the upcoming Budget, including a plea to Finance Minister Paula Cox not to hit the private sector with increased costs.
Mr. Todd told The Royal Gazette his key concern about ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2010
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A 24-year-old woman was taken to hospital after she lost control of her car and it hit a wall in Smith's in the early hours of yesterday.
The motorist, from St. George's, was travelling east on Knapton Hill when the crash happened at about 2.50 a.m.
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DATE: Jan 18, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown last night reiterated his plan to step down in October, telling an audience in Hamilton that he was looking forward to speaking frankly in his final months as leader.
"One of the great pleasures that I will have over the next nine...
DATE: Jan 16, 2010
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A crewman on a chemical tanker heading to Belgium from Texas was brought ashore to Bermuda yesterday after collapsing on board his ship.
The 38-year-old Filipino was found slumped on the floor by shipmates on the 177-metre long and 11-metre deep Stol...
DATE: Jan 16, 2010
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A church pastor is threatening legal action against a radio station which he claims misrepresented comments he allegedly made about Haitians and voodoo.
Pastor Gary Simons was lambasted on Thursday morning by callers to HOTT 107.5 who had heard him s...
DATE: Jan 16, 2010
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Stunned pupils at Prospect Primary had one simple message to send to education chiefs yesterday: "Please don't close our school."
A teacher told The Royal Gazette yesterday that a steady stream of students had been asking worried questions all day ab...
DATE: Jan 15, 2010
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Bermuda's residents can best help devastated Haiti by donating cash, not food or clothing, the Red Cross said yesterday.
Ann Spencer-Arscott, director of the local branch of the charity, said kind-hearted citizens here had given $25,000 in just two d...
DATE: Jan 15, 2010
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Former Premier David Saul yesterday urged Paula Cox to "earn her spurs" as Finance Minister by substantially raising taxes in next month's Budget and insisting on swingeing spending cuts.
Dr. Saul, who was Finance Minister during the last major world...
DATE: Jan 14, 2010
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Civil servants have been ordered to implement "austere cost savings" — including banning first and business class travel and a freeze on hiring new consultants — for the rest of the financial year.
A four-point plan approved by Cabinet to curtail spe...
DATE: Jan 13, 2010
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