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Men who struggled with substance abuse problems have revealed how a charity had helped them make positive changes in their lives.
Clients of Focus Counselling Services said the organisation’s programmes supported their paths to recovery.
One, whose ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Black nurse who cared for civil rights activist, parliamentarian and doctor EF Gordon on his deathbed has died.
Moira Cann, 90, shielded Dr Gordon from the racist treatment she endured at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital during segregation unt...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Fossil fuel-powered vehicles should be replaced by electric ones as early as 2030 to protect the environment, a conservationist has said.
David Wingate also recommended new the establishment of clean public transport on the Railway Trail to help slow...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A “wholesale review”of Bermuda’s tax system will be completed by the end of the year after legislation was passed in the Senate yesterday.
The Tax Reform Commission Amendment Act 2020 – which will enable the Minister of Finance to set up the commissi...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Members of the public should trust medical experts over vaccinations, an author for one of the world’s top medical journals said yesterday.
Kieran Walsh, the clinical director of the British Medical Journal’s BMJ Best Practice, said that more effort ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A proposal to create a career development programme at Bermuda College has been given the green light by the planning department.
The application proposed the construction of an additional floor on top of the Hallett Hall Testing Centre Annex.
The ex...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government’s plan to close eight primaries could lead to protests at the House of Assembly, the president of a Parent Teacher Association at an under-threat school warned yesterday.
Harry Matthie, head of the PTA at high-performing St George’s Prepa...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island is mourning a popular barber whose life was lost in a single vehicle collision early on Monday.
O’Dean Phillips, 35, was an up-and-coming stylist at Features Hair & Beauty on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish, where Crawl residents turn...
DATE: Jan 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An “influential asset” to the growth of St John Ambulance Bermuda has been promoted to the position of Commissioner.
Jeffrey Borges was Deputy Commissioner at the charity before his latest appointment.
A spokeswoman said: “Mr Borges joined St John Am...
DATE: Jan 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Department of Planning’s Customer Self-Service website will be unavailable tomorrow while the department carries out an upgrade of its online management system.
The upgrade is part of a plan to enable people to submit planning applications onlin...
DATE: Jan 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
