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Police have publicly identified 68-year-old Winton Woolridge as the man found dead in Warwick on Friday.
According to a spokesman, officers attended his St Mary’s Road, Warwick home at about 1.30pm.
At that time, he was discovered in an unresponsive...
DATE: Dec 02, 2016
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News Staff
Buses will not be running for an indefinite period today because of a planned march on Parliament, the Government has advised.
A government statement said: “The Department of Public Transportation has this morning been advised by the Bermuda Industri...
DATE: Dec 02, 2016
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Teachers and parents of students attending T.N. Tatem Middle School staged a sit-in protest yesterday after a report claimed that mould in the building posed no immediate threat to health.
Protesters insisted that the school needed to be closed and s...
DATE: Dec 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The St George’s Club could be sold before the end of the year — but members of the club have voiced serious concerns.
According to a letter sent to members on October 27, a local hotelier — believed to be the group behind the Grotto Bay Beach Resort ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Industrial Union leader Chris Furbert pulled no punches in his rebuttal to sacked Corporation of Hamilton workers who said this week that the BIU did not fight to save their jobs.
“What’s not going to be tolerated by this organisation is when...
DATE: Dec 01, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former Attorney-General Mark Pettingill said yesterday that a newspaper advertisement taken out by a group opposing same-sex marriage was “totally inappropriate” in light of ongoing legal proceedings.
Preserve Marriage paid to place the half-page adv...
DATE: Dec 01, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
HIV patients in Bermuda may no longer be facing a death sentence, but the stigma against the condition remains.
Speaking in advance of today’s World Aids Day, Kim Ball, HIV co-ordinator at the Department of Health, said while she has found more peopl...
DATE: Dec 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
David William Burch is intending to run as an independent candidate in the Warwick South Central by-election, it has been reported.
According to Bernews.com, Mr Burch, who was born and raised in Warwick, is declaring as a candidate for Constituency ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The illness contracted by a local family that ate freshly caught fish earlier this month suggests ciguatera poisoning, although the tests are still under way.
“If confirmed, this is a rare occurrence in Bermuda,” a spokeswoman for the Department of E...
DATE: Dec 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of “sewage balls” have again been found at Grape Bay with one area resident describing it as the worst occurrence in four years.
However, a government spokeswoman said last night that improvements at Tynes Bay to help tackle the problem that...
DATE: Dec 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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