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It will be his final resting place so David Saul was determined to pick the perfect place for his coffin — down at the bottom of the deep blue sea.
The 70-year-old former Premier took a diving trip with friends at the weekend to scout out the right l...
DATE: Aug 25, 2010
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Government has no "overarching" strategy to help homeless people, it has admitted — but it hopes data collected in the recent census will help it "plan the way forward".
The authorities also don't keep a record of the number of seniors on the streets...
DATE: Aug 24, 2010
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A story on homeless seniors published in The Royal Gazette on August 9 prompted Health Minister Walter Roban to release a statement insisting that Government was working to help those without shelter.
He cited the National Office for Seniors and the ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2010
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Work has begun on a plan to implement Bermuda's new public access to information (PATI) law, Government announced last night.
Culture and Social Rehabilitation permanent secretary Wayne Carey has been seconded to the Cabinet Office to lead the projec...
DATE: Aug 20, 2010
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A gang interventionist insisted yesterday that Bermuda's gangsters "definitely want peace" but said it couldn't happen without Government funding for mediation.
Pastor Leroy Bean, founder of anti-gang group CARTEL, told The Royal Gazette: "I just lef...
DATE: Aug 18, 2010
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Gangs could be receptive to mediation but it would need to be led by people "on a street level", according to community activist Carlton Simmons.
The Youth on the Move (YOM) president told The Royal Gazette he had spoken to gang members and got posit...
DATE: Aug 17, 2010
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Lionel Cann has been organising the Salvation Army's daily soup run in Hamilton for more than a decade — but he still gets upset when he talks about the plight of the homeless.
Six evenings a week, he and his team of willing volunteers (he has more o...
DATE: Aug 09, 2010
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A stack of tasteful grey pamphlets titled "Ageing Gracefully and with Dignity" sits on a table in the reception of the National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged on Victoria Street.
Directly opposite the smart green and white NOSPC bui...
DATE: Aug 09, 2010
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Gunshots rang out in Middle Terrace in Pembroke on Friday evening but no one appears to have been hurt.
Pembroke South East MP Ashfield DeVent, who lives on nearby Friswells Road, told The Royal Gazette he heard four or five shots. The Government bac...
DATE: Aug 09, 2010
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A meeting will take place today between management, union officials and staff at the government quarry in Bailey's Bay after workers downed tools last week.
Stephen Outerbridge, acting permanent secretary at the Ministry of Works and Engineering, tol...
DATE: Aug 09, 2010
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