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Airport workers and Customs and Immigration staff are taking part in a workshop to learn more about blocking diseases from entering the Island.
The Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation workshop kicked off yesterday, and...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s economy looks to be “turning the corner” according to Craig Cannonier.
The Premier was responding to the latest economic figures which show that unemployment fell by one percent last year, while wages increased.
The 2013 Labour Force Survey...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
The Department of Environmental Protection has issued guidelines to the public on how to correctly identify black and brown widow spiders.
In the latest edition of the Department’s Envirotalk newsletter, plant protection officer Claire Jessey describ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Student Assistance Programme (SAP) was formed some years ago to meet the needs of CedarBridge Academy pupils but it is now struggling to help them because of a lack of funds.
The point was driven home yesterday when local company CellOne provided...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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A man has been charged with the premeditated murder of Jason Lightbourne.
Prince Barrington Edness was charged the killing of Mr Lightbourne on July 23, 2006.
The charges are indictable and Mr Edness was not required to enter a plea.
Senior Magistrat...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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A Sandys mother of two has admitted she threatened to stab a love rival in the eyes with a knife.
Twenty five year-old Leslie Dill, of Lapsey Lane, pleaded guilty to having a bladed article in a public place without lawful excuse, using threatening w...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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A Southampton man was beaten with a blunt object in an attack on Sunday evening, according to police.
A spokesman said the assault took place on a Middle Road, Southampton property at around 8.45pm.
“It appears that the victim, a 53-year-old man, enc...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
With the Island’s economy more dependent on international business than ever before, continued reliance on the industry will prove to be a precarious high-wire act local economist Craig Simmons would prefer not to watch.
“That’s the problem with our ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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An American Airlines plane was diverted to Bermuda over the weekend when a passenger died during the flight.
Efforts to save the St Kitts woman’s life on-board proved unsuccessful.
A Police spokesman said: “Despite CPR given by medical personnel on-b...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
New copyright laws aimed at modernising Bermuda’s intellectual property regime will come into effect next week.
The regulations, which kick in on February 1, affect copyright in several key areas, including Customs, Education establishments, the righ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
