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An obesity expert last night branded Bermuda's schools system "a disgrace" for not dedicating more of children's time to physical activity. Jane DeVille-Almond, of the UK's National Obesity Forum, said schoolchildren were only made to do 100 minutes ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2007
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A business leader has expressed concern after Premier Ewart Brown announced expats will be made to train their own replacements in order to get work permits.
Under Government's Goodwill Plus initiative, experienced foreign workers will be told the le...
DATE: Sep 21, 2007
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Government has pledged $20,000 to help ship a Middle Passage monument to Bermuda.
The statue — a tribute to millions of slaves who died crossing the ocean during the Transatlantic Slave Trade — is expected to be brought to the Island in the next few ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown called on Caribbean leaders to tackle "frightening" obesity levels threatening to jeopardise the regional economy.
The Premier warned countries could end up facing spiralling costs treating diseases brought on by poor lifestyles i...
DATE: Sep 21, 2007
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Staff from an advertising agency are taking time off work to take part in a programme helping troubled teenagers.
Workers from Aardvark Communications will be giving up 50 hours of service between them to the Mirrors project, which aims to change the...
DATE: Sep 21, 2007
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People must book appointments on-line for services at the US Consulate General in a move to cut waiting times.
Citizenship inquiries, passport renewals for minors, visa services and notarials must be booked via the website from October 1, US Consul M...
DATE: Sep 21, 2007
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Employees should be drug tested to root out a culture of substance abuse plaguing workforces, campaigners told a public conference yesterday.
About 80 percent of Bermuda's chemically dependent people have jobs, according to Chris Backeberg of testing...
DATE: Sep 19, 2007
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A tourist last night told how passengers screamed as they were thrown off their seats and banged their heads against metal railings when their ferry crashed at Dockyard.
American mother-of-two Jackie Musto said she saw one man lose his teeth while ot...
DATE: Sep 18, 2007
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A fat-fighting campaigner from England has flown into Bermuda to help tackle alarming obesity rates.
Jane DeVille-Almond, a director of the UK's National Obesity Forum, is on the Island for a series of workshops launched yesterday as part of Governme...
DATE: Sep 18, 2007
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Young children tipping the scales at 300 pounds are risking death from diabetes in their early adult years, a leading nurse has warned.
Between 20 and 25 children aged ten to 20 have been diagnosed with Type Two diabetes as a result of too much junk ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2007
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