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The Bermuda Organ Donor Association is hoping to help to alleviate some of the stress experienced by patients waiting for a transplant.
The charity is organising an event this month that will allow those on the donor waiting list to meet others who h...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man was in police custody last night on suspicion of attempting to rob Empire Grocery on North Shore Road, Devonshire, yesterday afternoon.
Police responded to a report at about 1.20pm of an attempted robbery by a man brandishing a knife and wearin...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Members of the Garden Club of Bermuda are co-ordinating a clean-up event with Keep Bermuda Beautiful ahead of the Bermuda Marathon Weekend.
The members will be clearing litter from race areas, with a focus on Palmetto Road and North Shore.
The gard...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A funeral service is to be held tomorrow for Andrea Burgess, a mother of three who had found a new life abroad after years of tragedy.
Ms Burgess, who died suddenly from a brain haemorrhage on January 4 at the age of 55, had been visiting Bermuda fro...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A ten-year-old girl has decided to give all her birthday money away to charity for the second year in a row.
Warwick Academy student Rachael Betschart set an example for us all by donating $650 to the Coalition for the Protection of Children’s Breakf...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Political parties would have to disclose who funds their election campaigns under new legislation proposed by Marc Bean yesterday.
The Opposition leader called a press conference to push for a new good governance law to outlaw corruption and shine a ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Animal advocacy group Punish the Deed has renewed its call for a dog amnesty after helping to arrange for the export of two seized dogs from Bermuda.
Both pets, which would have faced euthanasia had they remained on the Island, were flown to a tempor...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Bermudians are not getting value for money when it comes to healthcare, according to Tawanna Wedderburn.
Addressing Hamilton Rotary’s weekly meeting, the chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council gave a presentation illustrating the Island’s annu...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A firm has threatened to start selling off Corporation of Hamilton land if it does not receive the $18 million it is owed over the failed Par-la-Ville hotel project by the end of Friday.
Mexico Infrastructure Finance’s legal team has told the corpora...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Minister of Education Wayne Scott has received the final report of the SCORE Advisory Committee on school reorganisation.
The report was commissioned to examine school consolidation or closure, improve the quality and consistency of primary school pr...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan