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A man found dead on a Devonshire road was named yesterday as 56-year-old Wilburt Spencer.
Police said it was thought Mr Spencer had been living rough in trees on Corkscrew Hill, where his body was discovered on Monday at 1pm.
He was pronounced dead a...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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A schoolboy was attacked during a field trip yesterday and a woman teacher needed hospital treatment after she stepped in to help him.
A group of CedarBridge Academy pupils were on a visit to St George’s when the incident happened about 1pm.
Diallo R...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two former premiers will be celebrated at Black History Month dinners.
Dame Jennifer Smith, who led the Progressive Labour Party to its historic first General Election victory in 1998, will be honoured at an event next Wednesday.
Sir John Swan, who w...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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The lives of Bermudian veterans of two world wars are to be highlighted as part of a research project.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which cares for military cemeteries around the world, said it wanted to include service personnel from the ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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Two-times cancer survivor Ronda Lewis is this year’s Global Hero of Hope for Bermuda.
Ms Lewis, 48, who survived bouts of breast cancer ten years ago and a year ago, was one of 30 people chosen from countries around the world by the American Cancer S...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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The Bermuda Cancer & Health Centre has been awarded accreditation in radiation oncology by the American College of Radiology.
It is the first clinic outside the United States to achieve the recognition, a voluntary process designed to highlight excel...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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Health
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News Staff
A senior injured after his car overturned near the Police Recreation Club in Devonshire was in stable condition today.
A police spokesman said the 78-year-old Sandys man was behind the wheel when he suffered a “suspected medical incident” and his car...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A group of organisations that help Bermuda’s children is stepping up its efforts to meet growing needs, members are expected to hear today.
Martha Dismont, the chairwoman of the Inter Agency Committee for Children and Families, is to explain at an An...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
Hundreds of people have registered opposition to a rental tax after a seniors organisation called on its members to air their views.
Age Concern Bermuda asked it members for their views on the suggestion, included in a pre-Budget report from the Mini...
DATE: Feb 07, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The head of the island’s blue-collar union has denied the assertion by a former finance minister that union opposition to the public-private partnership to build a new airport was political.
Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert hit out ye...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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