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When Althea Overbey read about teenager N’Keema Virgil’s battle with brain cancer, she knew she had to meet her.
The 62-year-old was diagnosed with a tumour the size of a grapefruit at the base of her skull almost 30 years ago — and is still here to ...
DATE: Apr 03, 2014
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A clergyman has called on Bermuda to properly honour its dead — after the unemployed daughters of a homeless man were told by Government that it would not help to pay for his funeral.
Chaplain Kevin Santucci told The Royal Gazette that the case of th...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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Filmmakers working on a documentary about the murder of Canadian teen Rebecca Middleton are still waiting to hear if permission will be granted for them to come to the Island.
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy told the Senate yesterday that Toronto-...
DATE: Mar 27, 2014
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A Canadian television crew has been stopped from filming a documentary in Bermuda this week about the Rebecca Middleton murder.
A five-strong crew from the ‘Murder in Paradise’ series — which airs on the Discovery ID channel in the US and Slice Netwo...
DATE: Mar 25, 2014
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Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy has advised Commonwealth citizens with Bermudian status how to get a passport with the word ‘Bermuda’ on the front — thereby allowing them to travel to the US without a visa.
Senator Fahy told the Senate that such c...
DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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Sam Strangeways
More than 1,000 youngsters will benefit this year from a free education programme being run by Bermuda International Film Festival.
The BIFF Film Academy — part of the 17th annual film festival being held from March 21 to 27 and sponsored by Montpeli...
DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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Giving voting rights to commercial immigrants to Bermuda would be wrong, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy told the Senate.
He said that an economic citizenship programme should not be taken off the table as all opportunities for economic growth for...
DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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Sam Strangeways
The decline of Bermuda’s bee population has prompted environmentalists to organise a fair dedicated to the flying insects.
The event will be held at Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on Saturday, April 12, from 11am to 3.45pm, with a short fil...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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Arlene Brock’s eight-and-a-half years in charge of the Ombudsman’s Office of Bermuda have been nothing if not headline-grabbing.
She has been publicly accused of bias by a Cabinet Minister, sued by the Corporation of Hamilton and had at least one of ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2014
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A new study has discovered a dramatic drop in the levels of mercury found in pregnant women in Bermuda in the last decade.
A paper published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE compares two studies conducted in 2003 and 2011 which reveal a significant...
DATE: Mar 14, 2014
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