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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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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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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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An insurance company has pledged to make sure a speech-impaired toddler gets the medical help she needs — after the child’s mother was made redundant twice in the past year.
Single mother Alvina Brangman had begun fundraising to ensure her two-year-o...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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Naimah Frith may not be the only sufferer of Marfan syndrome in Bermuda — but she believes she is one of just a handful.
The 17-year-old was diagnosed with the life-threatening and rare disorder aged just two and has since had to grapple with a serie...
DATE: Feb 06, 2014
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A pit bull was destroyed by dog wardens yesterday after it killed a Yorkshire terrier in St David’s.
The attack — in front of the Yorkshire terrier’s owner and her nine-year-old daughter — happened at about 3.30pm on Sunday on Texas Road, according t...
DATE: Jan 28, 2014
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Education no longer has a dedicated permanent secretary in government following the departure last month of Warren Jones.
Civil servant Mr Jones stepped down from the post after three years to take up a job as a chief executive officer of Polaris Hol...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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The Department of Immigration has granted Bermudian status to a six-year-old boy whose mother had been told he didn’t qualify.
The child was born on the Island to Bermudian parents, allegedly as the result of a rape, as revealed by The Royal Gazette ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2013
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A six-year-old boy born on the Island to Bermudian parents allegedly as the result of a rape has been refused Bermudian status by the Department of Immigration — leaving him stateless and unable to travel.
The child’s unemployed mother wants to go to...
DATE: Nov 26, 2013
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