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* To make a donation to the Auntie Em fund visit the Bank of Bermuda and quote the account name: The Phenomenal Women Charity Account for Auntie Em. The association has pledged that funds deposited into the account will go towards the 95-year-old's r...
DATE: Sep 14, 2007
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Six fresh cases of suspected elder abuse have been reported to the authorities since The Royal Gazette revealed the horrifying plight of 95-year-old Auntie Em last Friday.
And Ministers announced yesterday that the case of the near-blind widow, who w...
DATE: Sep 13, 2007
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Six fresh cases of suspected elder abuse have been reported to the authorities since The Royal Gazette revealed the plight of 95-year-old Auntie Em last Friday.
Community and Cultural Affairs Minister Wayne Perinchief told a press conference this lun...
DATE: Sep 12, 2007
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The taboo surrounding elder abuse in Bermuda must be eradicated if the issue is to be properly tackled, according to the executive director of Age Concern.
Claudette Fleming told The Royal Gazette that the shocking case of "Auntie Em" — the 95-year-o...
DATE: Sep 11, 2007
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Harrowing details of the abuse allegedly suffered by a 95-year-old widow at the hands of her family can be revealed by The Royal Gazette today.
The nephew of "Auntie Em", whose shocking story was published in this newspaper yesterday, has now disclos...
DATE: Sep 08, 2007
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Cheering teachers pledged to bring about change in the classroom yesterday after a morning of motivational speeches aimed at inspiring them to help students achieve.
Hundreds of public school teachers and other education workers attended the Fairmont...
DATE: Sep 08, 2007
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Vulnerable seniors being abused by their own family are falling through cracks in the system — as the harrowing case of "Auntie Em" reveals.
The neglect and torment suffered by the partially-blind 95-year-old widow was investigated and documented by ...
DATE: Sep 07, 2007
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The stench was the first thing Yvonne Dawson noticed when she stepped into the bedroom of 95-year-old "Auntie Em".
The second was the cockroaches scuttling across her chair and bed. Later, the nurse made the horrifying discovery of roaches crawling a...
DATE: Sep 07, 2007
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"My aunt is a very Godly lady," says Auntie Em's nephew. The 56-year-old father-of-three is deeply religious himself.
The first thing he does when asked about the alleged abuse and neglect of his aged relative by her adopted daughter is to quote the ...
DATE: Sep 07, 2007
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A former education secretary in US president George Bush's administration was unveiled yesterday as the man Government hopes will transform Bermuda's failing public schools.
Henry L. Johnson was named as the Island's new consultant executive officer ...
DATE: Sep 07, 2007
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