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Bermuda’s new Deputy Governor will be officially sworn in at a ceremony at Government House tomorrow.
Career diplomat Ginny Ferson has previously been posted to Mauritius, Luxembourg, South Korea and Pakistan during her more-than 25 years with the Di...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government needs to find ways to encourage the private sector to fund anti-gang and anti-drug initiatives, according to Senator Jeff Baron.
Sen Baron, the Junior Minister for Public Safety, told the Senate yesterday that several other countries are w...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Restaurants in Hamilton must equip their kitchens with grease traps come January 1, according to the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce.
The clogging of sewerage systems by grease deposits has been a long-standing annoyance for City workers, and can contrib...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Premier Craig Cannonier last night insisted that his first Cabinet shuffle will not create a friction within Government from potentially disgruntled former Ministers now booted to the backbenches
And that sentiment was supported by former Environment...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Pembroke man received a three-month suspended prison sentence after admitting he stole a bottle of Dewar’s scotch from Miles Market.
Gary Dillas, 60, was seen by Miles staff enter the store around 2.25pm on July 11, prosecutor Maria Sofianos told M...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Hospital patients now have use of a $25,000 treadmill thanks to funds donated by the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda (HAB).
The new piece of equipment is used for stress testing cardiac patients.
Some 25 to 30 people undergo the tests each week.
Ma...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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A Devonshire man, who earlier this week admitted unlawfully assaulting and threatening to kill a woman, today received 30-day prison sentence for knowingly using a counterfeit $50 note to buy beer.
Thirty-seven year-old Tio Weeks pleaded guilty in Ma...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Hazardous hospital waste is being blasted with heat so that it can be disposed of safely.
Hospital bosses announced that a macerator has been installed at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital — which sterilises potentially dangerous waste with an enviro...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two of the Island’s top dogs will represent Bermuda this weekend at the American Kennel Club (AKC) Agility Invitational in Orlando, Florida.
The Bermuda Kennel Club announced that Cathy Gosling’s six-year-old Labrador Retriever, Bella, will jet to th...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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It’s been slow going for sailor Stanley Paris as he enters day three of his solo trip around the world.
“All I need is more wind,” he wrote is his latest blog post, some 650 kilometres south east of Bermuda.
“I am not on the beach reading a newspape...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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