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Two inmates on a programme designed to rehabilitate prisoners with drug problems were rushed to hospital with a suspected overdose of fentanyl.
A source close to the prison service said the latest incident of drug abuse at the Right Living House last...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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A campaign manager for the Progressive Labour Party died suddenly at the weekend.
Keita Wilson was 45.
Ms Wilson helped Tinee Furbert’s successful campaign for the St George’s South seat in the 2017 General Election.
Ms Furbert said: “I am heartbroke...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work to replace East End bridges could start early next year, a public meeting heard last night.
Austin Kenny, a senior structural engineer for the Department of Works and Engineering, told an audience at Penno’s Wharf in St George’s that the structu...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Defendants waited nearly twice as long to have their cases heard in the Supreme Court last year compared with 2018.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said in the annual report of the judiciary, a lack of court space and trial judges had caused the wa...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The vice-president of the Bermuda Industrial Union and a veteran sportsman has died.
Glen Simmons was 67.
A spokeswoman for the BIU said yesterday: “The officers and members of the Bermuda Industrial Union are extremely saddened after learning of the...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The case of two people charged with a man’s murder will go to a jury today.
Lawyers for Cleveland Rogers and Katrina Burgess told the Supreme Court on Friday that the evidence put forward by prosecutors could not support their “Lifetime movie” narrat...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager who spent her childhood in foster care said the dedication of social workers and foster families helped her turn her life around.
Tylasha DeSilva, 18, added that the kindness she had experienced had fuelled her desire to work in social ser...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Police received reports of gunshots last night but found no evidence that a firearm was discharged.
The reports were made in the Jones Village area of Warwick at about 10.30pm.
Officers conducted extensive door-to-door enquiries in the surrounding ar...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Diabetes Association is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the exclusive rights as the sole distributor in Bermuda of the Abbott Freestyle Libre blood glucose monitoring system.
Traditional blood glucose monitoring that involves...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The National Museum of Bermuda (NMB) is offering a free year-long, four-module programme for all local teachers. Entitled “Moving the Needle: Teacher Professional Development,” this museum programme will provide local teachers with the opportunity to...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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