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The Ministry of Public Works has detailed its plan to temporarily shut off Government piped water customers to assist those who rely on water trucks.
In a statement yesterday, the government announced that the plan would not affect “essential custome...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmental group Greenrock is celebrating World Oceans Day today, hoping to make the public more aware of plastic pollution and the constant littering of the sea.
Entitled ‘Our Ocean, Our Future’, the day is considered “a global day of ocean celeb...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Six people in Bermuda were diagnosed with HIV last year, according to the Ministry of Health and Seniors.
As the island marks HIV Awareness Month, residents are being urged to get tested and know their status.
“HIV Awareness Month remind...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Nandi Outerbridge and Kenneth Bascome will both defend their St George’s seats at the upcoming General Election.
The One Bermuda Alliance politicians were rolled out yesterday as candidates in St George’s West and St George’s North respectively.
Mich...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Chief of Emergency Services and Hyperbaric Medicine at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital will be recognised by the Bermuda Health Foundation this month.
Edward Schultz, who has worked at the hospital since 1988, will be honoured at the organisati...
DATE: Jun 08, 2017
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Health
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News Staff
A 26-year-old convicted of conspiring to import heroin was jailed for 12 years yesterday, while his mother received a suspended sentence for a money-laundering charge.
Damon Morris, of Paget, was convicted by a jury of conspiring to import heroin and...
DATE: Jun 07, 2017
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The General Election race for St George’s is locked in a dead heat, according to a poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette.
The One Bermuda Alliance and the Progressive Labour Party is each claiming 42 per cent of the votes in the East End parish that...
DATE: Jun 07, 2017
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Brought together by adversity, Ryderz motorcycle club has flourished into a force of its own.
“Even though we had grief, it instantly brought our club together,” said William DaCosta, secretary to the biker group.
A year after the Transport Control D...
DATE: Jun 07, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The mighty tall ships transformed Bermuda’s skyline to a scene from a bygone era during their Parade of Sail this week.
Gliding under full sail, unabashed in their grandeur, ships from around the world carrying more than 1,000 crew members, made thei...
DATE: Jun 07, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island’s first crematorium is up and running after more than three decades of planning and setbacks.
The facility on Waller’s Point Road in St David’s has already undertaken more than a dozen cremations since it opened its doors at the end of Apr...
DATE: Jun 07, 2017
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