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City Hall’s new task force on homelessness has met with Community Minister Wayne Scott to discuss plans for a “one stop shop” for those living rough on the Island.
Mr Scott was invited to join in a meeting with members last Wednesday, in what committ...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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A 47-year-old local man who went missing yesterday has been found.
Police today thanked the public for their assistance in locating Alvon Brangman.
Officers are still searching for missing Canadian tourist William Grange, 67.
DATE: May 06, 2014
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A man who successfully sued hospital bosses after facing an “inordinate” wait for a desperately-needed operation is to share his compensation with a teenage brain cancer survivor.
Kamal Williams told The Royal Gazette he was so touched by the story o...
DATE: May 01, 2014
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Bermudians are often heard rejoicing at heavy rainfall and the “good tank rain” it delivers.
But a top overseas scientist has warned the Island’s residents that each time the clouds open, dangerous bacteria is being washed into their tanks straight f...
DATE: May 01, 2014
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Sam Strangeways
Former Ombudsman Arlene Brock says she stands by “every word” of her report on the desecrated tombstones at Tucker’s Town, despite criticism that she wrongly blamed an overseas academic.
Ms Brock wrote in ‘A Grave Error’ that Canadian archaeologist J...
DATE: Apr 30, 2014
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Police are appealing for information about a video posted on social media “showing a man apparently licking and kissing a dead cat”.
A spokesman for Bermuda Police Service said: “Whilst there is no apparent evidence at this stage that would suggest c...
DATE: Apr 30, 2014
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British Airways has cancelled its flights to and from Bermuda today, according to its website.
The incoming flight was due in at 6.30pm but will not be taking off from London Gatwick this afternoon and there will be no outgoing 8.15pm flight.
British...
DATE: Apr 30, 2014
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More than three-quarters of Bermuda’s residents want to see a protected marine reserve around the Island, according to a poll commissioned by global activist network Avaaz.
The organisation, which this week launched an online letter-writing campaign ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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A five-foot Galapagos shark named Desmond has been released back into the ocean by staff at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
The animal had developed a lesion on his nose in the North Rock Tank, where he had lived for two years, a sign that he w...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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A global online activist network has launched a campaign to get the Bermuda Government to implement the “Blue Halo” proposal to turn the sea around the Island into a protected environmental zone.
Avaaz.org says on its website: “Bermuda is on the verg...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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Environment
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