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A psychiatrist from the US has been advising health bosses of the impact Bermuda's multicultural make-up can have on mental health issues.
Bermuda Hospitals Board announced the move as they marked the launch of Mental Health Awareness Week.
They reve...
DATE: Oct 09, 2007
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An early-morning thief broke into a cottage and stole belongings from visitors to the Island.
A silver Sony digital camera and a pair of Dior sunglasses in a white leather case were taken in the raid at the guest property in Devonshire between 1.30 a...
DATE: Oct 08, 2007
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Anti-obesity campaigners are calling in a psychologist to analyse why a staggering 96 percent of obese people did not class themselves as obese in a new survey.
Bermuda Diabetes Association (BDA) wants to find out the mental process which led to such...
DATE: Oct 06, 2007
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Fraudsters are attempting to pick up people's bank account details through an e-mail scam.
They have been sending messages posing as Customer Service at Bank of Bermuda and trying to con customers that their registration data has been lost.
Bank boss...
DATE: Oct 06, 2007
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Family and friends of 26-year-old Ruth Binns yesterday paid their final respects at her funeral.
Mourners attended Hamilton Seventh-day Adventist Church, King Street, for the service for Ms Dill, who was discovered dead by her sister in her apartment...
DATE: Oct 05, 2007
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Fears that Bermudians are even fatter than we thought have been backed up by a new health survey.
Screening tests on motorists at TCD over the past week showed 47 percent of people are obese — more than double the 23 percent revealed in the Bermuda H...
DATE: Oct 05, 2007
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Fifty personal attack alarms will be given to women who feel vulnerable while walking alone, following a donation from the Rebecca Middleton Foundation.
At the push of a button, the "Minder" safety devices produce a flashing light and blaring siren w...
DATE: Oct 05, 2007
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Bermuda is landing itself a reputation as an island of Coco Pops addicts if international news reports are anything to go by.
Media in the US and the UK have been reporting Bermuda's rise towards the top of the world obesity table — and bizarrely cla...
DATE: Oct 04, 2007
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Bermuda's Constitution would be violated by a proposed new law forcing companies to hire and promote blacks, according to lawyer Tim Marshall.
Fining companies $50,000 for blocking the progress of blacks would be discriminative — and therefore ruled ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2007
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A man yesterday appeared in court accused of murdering 26-year-old Ruth Binns.
Arnold Shawn Astwood, 35, of Green Acres Road, Devonshire, faced a brief hearing at Magistrates' Court where Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner read the charge relating to...
DATE: Oct 02, 2007
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