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Residents are being invited to take part in a series of web programmes about human rights issues.
The events, announced by US Consul General Bob Settje, will bring together citizens and experts to discuss topics of global importance.
“Online audienc...
DATE: Sep 06, 2014
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Two powerboat riders were fortunate to escape serious injury after their vessel flipped and took heavy damage during high speed training exercises near Coney Island.
The crewmen, aged 17 and 19, were hurled from the speedboat Trim Down for What as th...
DATE: Sep 06, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 70-year-old man injured in a crash on Tuesday is said to be in stable condition at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.
The motorcyclist has remained in hospital since a collision with a van on Middle Road, Southampton, near Jew...
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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Residents are being urged to sign an online petition calling for better access to cervical cancer screening across the Caribbean region.
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre is one of more than 40 non-government organisations from across the region supp...
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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Health
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A waiter who narrowly avoided a head-on collision with an ambulance has been banned from the road for impaired driving.
Alexandru Carastoian, 38, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while impaired by alcohol early on Monday morning.
The c...
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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Court
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Three young Bermudians have been awarded $5,000 each to help them continue their studies.
Miguel Mejias, Kate Cooper and Kascia White are this year’s recipients of the Steinhoff/Bermuda Zoological Society Scholarship for those pursuing degrees in env...
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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Environment
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The Tall Ships Regatta could return to Bermuda in June 2017.
According to the Sail Training International website, organisers are looking for the regatta to visit six nations including Bermuda, but so far only the UK, US and Canada have been confirme...
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 200 boys were treated to a free back to school haircut yesterday as part of a community effort to help families.
Fifteen barbers volunteered to cut the hair of 230 boys, while more than 425 book bags were handed out to youngsters.
The eve...
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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A leading expert on the effort to seek reparations for slavery is to give a lecture in Bermuda next week.
Professor Verene Shepherd, one of the vice chairs of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), is coming to the Island to discuss the group’s w...
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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A patient who suffered an agonising wait for surgery at the Island’s only hospital is being taken to the Privy Council by those he successfully sued for damages.
Bermuda Hospitals Board has opted to go to the Island’s highest court of appeal, in Lond...
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
