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Police today warned of a new scam using SMS messages designed to appear they came from social media network WhatsApp.
Detective Inspector Derricka Burns, from the service’s specialist crime unit, said the messages, claimed to be from WhatsApp technic...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Residents must take action against an “epidemic” of strokes, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board Stroke Centre.
Francene Gayle, BHB consultant neurologist and director of the centre, said the number of stroke cases on the island has increased si...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
AXA XL Bermuda is challenging men to go the distance and stop men dying too young.
In a year where the pandemic has prevented men from attending regular health checks, the AXA Man on the Run event is here to remind men to stay on top of their health....
DATE: Oct 28, 2020
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News
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Press Release
Dynamic Urology will be providing free prostate screenings for men ages 40 and up. The screenings consist of a simple blood test and a prostate exam.
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer for men worldwide.
Globally in 2019, men were diag...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The decision not to charge two police officers with a serious sex assault on a male colleague was made because it would have been too difficult to prove non-consent, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Ben Adamson, who represented Larry Mussenden, the...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Bermudian who has dedicated the last five years to public service in the US yesterday faced being kicked out of the country after his Green Card application was denied.
Rodney Smith has toured America nine times providing free lawn mowing services ...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermudian debaters picked up awards at an international tournament held on a virtual basis because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
McKenzie Kohl-Tuckett from Warwick Academy won the Balmoral Hall Trophy for the top overseas speaker and her school team, whi...
DATE: Oct 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A top lawyer from Canada has resigned his position as counsel for the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses in Bermuda, it was revealed today.
Officials for the hearings said that Ivan Whitehall QC stepped down for “personal reasons”.
The s...
DATE: Oct 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Cole Simons is to be the unopposed new Leader of the Opposition, the One Bermuda Alliance confirmed today.
The party said Mr Simons was elected by acclamation after the deadline for nominations passed last Friday.
Mr Simons replaced Craig Cannonier, ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new coronavirus case was found among 764 test results for the virus that came back to health officials today.
The case was a resident who flew back to Bermuda from London on October 22.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said isolation and contact tr...
DATE: Oct 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
