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Sexually transmitted diseases are soaring ? with new infections leaping from 471 in 2003 to 655 last year.
There was a large rise in chlamydia infections which jumped from 273 to 457 while gonorrhoea went up from 44 to 65.
There were 11 new HIV infec...
DATE: Aug 18, 2005
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Government intends to import ten emergency houses worth between $20,000 to $37,000 each in the coming months to ease the housing shortage for people in ?dire need?.
?The Ministry understands that solving the current housing challenges, particularly t...
DATE: Aug 18, 2005
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Little Tyke Service summer day camp has done something that other summer camps have yet to do ? offer their services to diabetic children.
One of the owners of Little Tyke Service, Zolita Smith said that despite the challenge of caring for diabetic c...
DATE: Aug 18, 2005
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The Bermuda Housing Corporation has canvassed local lending institutions for cash in their housing initiatives.
Yesterday BHC General Manager Vance Campbell said BHC was "actively considering proposals from the private financial sector".
Although he ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2005
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BLDC wants to convert US Navy building into hostel for its workers
The Bermuda Land Development Company has made a planning application to convert an old US Navy building into a hostel for Government workers.
However, BLDC Facilities Manager Steven T...
DATE: Aug 18, 2005
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September 21 will be the day of a long-awaited hearing between furious residents at Mary Victoria Road and Alexandra Road in Devonshire and the Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC).
The Development Applications Board (DAB) resolved to have a hearing in ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2005
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The family of the convicted drugs importer who accused six former narcotics officers of beating him in custody is considering launching civil proceedings against the officers following their acquittal in Magistrates? Court.
Former Dunkley?s Dairy emp...
DATE: Aug 18, 2005
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The man who made a brazen attack on an elderly woman on Monday will spend a year in prison for the crime.
Confessed heroin addict Michael Ratteray, 45, from St. John?s Road, Pembroke admitted the charges of common assault and attempted robbery in Mag...
DATE: Aug 18, 2005
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Fishermen left a meeting boiling mad with Government?s plans to impose a lottery on almost all for a licence to catch lobsters in the upcoming season with one man predicting ?civil war on the water?.
Only one member of the Ministry of the Environment...
DATE: Aug 18, 2005
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Government will bring in a law allowing Police to carry sprays to incapacitate criminals in the November session, Home Affairs Minister Randy Horton promised last night.
He said Police would likely get CS spray ? also known as tear gas ? to help them...
DATE: Aug 18, 2005
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