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A 45-foot whale was hit by the cruise ship the Norwegian Breakaway ahead of a voyage to Bermuda, New York authorities have confirmed.
Around 4,500 passengers were stranded after the giant liner got stuck in Manhattan’s Hudson River at the weekend due...
DATE: May 08, 2014
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Sickle cell anaemia sufferer Juanita Adams cannot get a powerful painkiller
By Sam Strangeways
A grandmother who lives with “excruciating pain” due to sickle-cell disease has been told that the one drug which eases her suffering is being phased out ...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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Health
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Scores of sporting and cultural events have been given a cash boost of almost $1 million to help them attract more visitors to the Island.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) has awarded the grants to 33 “tourism experiences” that enhance Bermuda’s o...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Corporation of Hamilton has hit back at the Island’s Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner who said on Monday that the municipality has no legal authority to clamp vehicles within city limits.
“The Municipalities Act clearly states that the Corporat...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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City Hall’s new task force on homelessness has met with Community Minister Wayne Scott to discuss plans for a “one stop shop” for those living rough on the Island.
Mr Scott was invited to join in a meeting with members last Wednesday, in what committ...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Julian Washington has been found guilty by a jury of the premeditated murder of father-of-one Stefan Burgess following a Supreme Court trial.
Washington, 24, was also found guilty of attempting to murder a second man, using a firearm to commit an ind...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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Court
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Three and a half years ago, Jeff Ansorge had reached rock bottom.
He was working as an executive chef at a high end downtown eatery in Minneapolis and on the outside seemed to have everything in order.
But inside he was suffering from clinical depre...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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Bermuda joined countries around the world in celebrating the joy of breathing freely as the Island marked World Asthma Day.
More than 9,000 locals suffer from asthma, which Health Minister and asthma sufferer Trevor Moniz warned is a growing worldwid...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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Health
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New fees for waste disposal at the Marsh Folly composting facility and the airport dump will come into effect on July 1.
The cost of unprocessed horticultural waste will be $80 per tonne at Marsh Folly, and $20 for chipped waste.
The airport dump wil...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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Environment
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Scores of residents and visitors yesterday joined in the search for tourist William Grange, who has been missing for more than four days.
The 67-year-old retired lawyer from Ontario, Canada, disappeared last Friday night from the Cambridge Beaches re...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
