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Landlords and other property owners who break the law by failing to regularly clean water tanks are escaping prosecution, despite concerns about the risk to public health posed by Bermuda’s rainwater catchment system.
Government admitted yesterday th...
DATE: Apr 17, 2014
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The case of a baby girl who doctors believe was made seriously ill due to contaminated tank water could be an isolated one, according to information shared by the Department of Health.
The plight of the infant was revealed by The Royal Gazette yester...
DATE: Apr 16, 2014
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A workshop for fundraising professionals will take place tomorrow at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
Bloomerang chief executive officer Jay Love will present the 4pm session, which is being hosted by the Bermuda chapter of the newly for...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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The parents of a baby girl who doctors believe was made seriously ill by contaminated water are urging Government to rigorously enforce regulations that require all household tanks to be cleaned every six years.
The American couple, whose two-year-ol...
DATE: Apr 10, 2014
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Homeless people in the City of Hamilton are “wallowing in filth” in an emergency shelter that should be condemned, according to a new task force set up to seek funding for an alternative facility.
City Hall has formed a committee whose aim is to prov...
DATE: Apr 09, 2014
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If Derrick Phipps looks familiar to you, that’s probably because you’ve seen him begging for money on the streets of Hamilton or finding shelter in a shop doorway.
But you probably haven’t seen him doing that in a while — because Mr Phipps is no long...
DATE: Apr 09, 2014
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Hamilton mayor Graeme Outerbridge has called for the Island to follow the UK’s example and outlaw the practice of keeping captive dolphins.
The environmentalist spoke out as animal lovers raised concerns about whether Dolphin Quest is becoming overcr...
DATE: Apr 08, 2014
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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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