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An investigation into a fire at a construction yard in Warwick has not revealed the cause.
The blaze broke out at a property owned by Eddie Roque on Quarry Hill Road, Warwick, on May 20 and needed six fire trucks and 35 firefighters to be quelled.
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DATE: Aug 28, 2014
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A 76-year-old man was robbed outside his home in St George’s by a lone assailant in the early hours of Sunday, according to police.
The senior is still recovering from his injuries on a general ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and is said to...
DATE: Aug 27, 2014
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A toddler with a rare heart condition is finally able to breathe on his own again after undergoing an operation lasting more than nine hours in Toronto.
The doctor in Bermuda who helped arrange the surgery for two-year-old Keyler Lopez-Mendoza has no...
DATE: Aug 27, 2014
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The Ombudsman is “more likely than not” to issue a special report on the Government’s reaction to a finding that it failed to protect a historic cemetery at Tucker’s Town.
Victoria Pearman told The Royal Gazette that the Department of Planning had re...
DATE: Aug 26, 2014
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The Department of Health has moved to allay fears that its free fluoride supplement programme for children could be axed.
Two sources, neither of whom would be named, told The Royal Gazette that the cost of the scheme came up at a recent meeting of h...
DATE: Aug 21, 2014
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Health
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Sam Strangeways
Elected officials at the Corporation of Hamilton have yet to sign up to a new code of conduct and guidelines for meetings issued by Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy — and one senior member insists he and others will not be doing so.
Alderman Carlto...
DATE: Aug 21, 2014
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
An MP’s daughter found guilty of violently resisting arrest told a court yesterday that the police’s treatment of her was “dehumanising and painful”.
Law student M’aeisha Weeks, daughter of Opposition politician Michael Weeks, made the claim to Senio...
DATE: Aug 20, 2014
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An MP’s daughter claimed in court yesterday that she was handcuffed and dragged along the floor to a police van after being “pepper sprayed” by officers on Front Street.
M’aeisha Weeks, daughter of Opposition politician Michael Weeks, told Senior Mag...
DATE: Aug 18, 2014
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Court
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Police have been asked by a group of concerned individuals to investigate the desecration of historic tombstones at Tucker’s Town.
Five people have jointly filed the complaint with the Bermuda Police Service and have been told, they say, that the mat...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014
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A forensic science graduate is appealing to the Island’s philanthropists to lend him $35,000 towards his doctoral studies.
Bermudian Mark Amaral has won a coveted place on a PhD course in security science at the University College London but found ou...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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Education
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