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Five years after they were secretly smuggled into Bermuda a group of Uighurs are still no closer to being able to leave.
On the anniversary of their arrival from Guantánamo Bay, the four former detainees have no passports, and the governments of the ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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The volunteers, staff and organisations that helped to make Bermuda’s celebration of World Oceans Day a success are being praised for their “amazing work”.
Bermuda Zoological Society and Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo has said thank you to all thos...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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There will be a slight change to the Island’s trash collection schedules due to the National Heroes Day holiday on Monday.
Trash in the west end will be collected on Wednesday and Thursday, while in the east end trash will be collected as usual on Tu...
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After being left “very disturbed” by a report of alleged racial harassment suffered by a Filipino worker for more than 14 years, Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy has assured the Filipino community that his Ministry “is here to provide support”. ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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More than 200 families and 25 non-profit organisations participated in the third annual Allied World Family Community Day on Sunday despite poor weather conditions.
The event provided games, food and entertainment while at the same time giving to the...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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The legalisation of marijuana leads to “more widespread use and many more health implications”, a new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine has argued.
The review, penned by scientists from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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The Island’s Filipino community will mark the Philippines’ 116th Independence Day tomorrow with a mass officiated by visiting priest Carlos Macatangga.
Father Macatangga described it as the first Filipino mass to be celebrated on the Island since the...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s Uighurs deserve the “basic human right” to travel and the public should write to the Premier asking that they be given it, according to Amnesty International.
Suzanne Wilson, executive director of the local branch of the human rights charit...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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Acclaimed diver and explorer Teddy Tucker, whose treasure-hunting exploits inspired books and a Hollywood film and brought him worldwide fame, has died at 89.
Premier Michael Dunkley last night hailed him as “one of the great Bermudians of our time”....
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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A Sandys teenager today pleaded guilty to possessing 0.03 grams of cocaine.
Tyler Christopher, 17, was in the Court and Elliot Street area of Pembroke on January 25 when police approached him, acting on information they had received, prosecutor Karen...
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