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A blind 78-year-old veteran is battling to get funds to visit experts in the United States he hopes could restore some of his vision.
Alan Burrows, a former captain of Bermuda Regiment who has been diagnosed with end-stage glaucoma and lost his visio...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Members of Bermuda Educators’ Council resigned en-bloc amid claims of union and political interference, according to documents leaked to The Royal Gazette.
Minutes from a meeting of the group, which oversees the licensing of teachers, show members co...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
In a heated discussion of whether the Parliamentary Election Amendment Act, 2012 went far enough, Opposition MPs clashed with their Government counterparts over the need for Bermudians overseas to cast their votes.
Kim Swan, who was elected as an MP ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
St George’s West MP Kim Swan urged Government to come up with a plan to recruit more volunteer firefighters.
Mr Swan said the East End’s volunteer fire service has dwindled since it was amalgamated into Bermuda Fire Service in 2006, from 30 volunteer...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Governor designate George Fergusson has told how he was repeatedly punched in the face in the attack that cost him his left eye.
In an interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph, Mr Fergusson described himself as lucky the damage was not even worse foll...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A man was found dumped on the street, wrapped in a sheet, with his feet and hands tied up, late at night in Pembroke.
The 50-year-old man told police he couldn’t fully remember how he came to be discarded on the sidewalk at East Park Lane, North Shor...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Seniors can take advantage of free 20-minute consultations with lawyers at an Age Concern event tomorrow.
The charity will once again link up with law firm MJM for its annual legal clinic, at its Point Finger base.
Consultations with lawyers on a ran...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Governor designate George Fergusson has lost the sight of one eye after being seriously assaulted and robbed in London.
Mr Fergusson, 56, was set upon in a daylight attack while walking in Margravine Cemetery and Park, Hammersmith, as he made his wa...
DATE: Apr 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Campaigning marine Jerry Ensminger and Bermuda Regiment commanding officer Brian Gonsalves are meeting today to talk about the Camp Lejeune contaminated water controversy.
Mr Ensminger, who believes his nine-year-old daughter Janey died after develop...
DATE: Apr 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Economy Minister Patrice Minors assured the House of Assembly she had “no intentions to make any changes to the existing policy” when it came to term limits.
The statement came as Ms Minors rebutted Opposition claims that the policy had driven busine...
DATE: Apr 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
