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A pioneering scheme just begun on the Island could place Bermuda at the forefront of medical research to identify and treat people who have inherited cancer-causing genes through their family line.
If successful, the benefits from unlocking the knowl...
DATE: Oct 09, 2006
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It was the biggest running and walking event on the Island last year, overshadowing even the May 24 Marathon Derby in terms of the sheer number of participants.
Organisers hope for another spectacular sight at the Botanical Gardens this coming Sunday...
DATE: Oct 09, 2006
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Birthday greetings from the people of Bermuda were sent to Bishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa as the anti-apartheid opponent and Nobel Peace Prize winner celebrated his 75th birthday during the weekend.
Premier Alex Scott and UBP Opposition leader W...
DATE: Oct 09, 2006
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Bermuda is to be represented by two public school principals at a global workshop of 100 ?outstanding school leaders? to be held in China this month.
And they hope to bring back to Bermuda some of the latest ideas and thinking that have been proven t...
DATE: Oct 09, 2006
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The doctor leading a pioneering project to track and treat all women in Bermuda who are at high-risk of carrying hereditary genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer hopes the Island will become an example to the rest of the medical world about what ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2006
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An extra $100 million cost of rebuilding King Edward VII Memorial Hospital at its present site rather than on part of the Botanical Gardens is not mentioned in financial figures used by Bermuda Hospitals Board and Government to reach their controvers...
DATE: Oct 07, 2006
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The monthly sales of clothing has increased for the first time since the closure of Trimingham's department store last year, according to new figures.
But that trend has been tempered by a small drop in the overall volume of retail sales once the rat...
DATE: Oct 07, 2006
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An expert in brain injuries has been outlining to Bermuda doctors ways in which they can help improve patient care.
More than 30 Bermudians have benefitted from specialist treatment at Boston?s Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital over the last 12 month...
DATE: Oct 06, 2006
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Police have warned shops and supermarkets in Bermuda they face being landed with a $250,000 fine for selling fake goods. The warning comes after Police raided a Hamilton shop netting almost $1,000-worth of pirated DVDs, including summer blockbusters ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2006
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frica?s first Nobel Prize winner for literature fled his native Nigeria to escape the clutches of a dictator who ?would have loved to add to his CV the honour of having executed a Nobel Laureate?.
Political activism has made Akinwande Oluwole ?Wole? ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2006
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