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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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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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DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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More than one thousand people helped celebrate Saturday’s World Oceans Day the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) — many of them schoolchildren.
Joanne Chisnall, the Volunteer Coordinator of the Bermuda Zoological Society, said she believed that ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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This week marks the final opportunity for Government to appeal a controversial immigration ruling by the Supreme Court, according to the lawyer who argued the landmark case.
The decision, which allowed for two Permanent Residents’ Certificate (PRC) h...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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Prominent retailer and North Village stalwart Vivienne Jones, who presided over the iconic Jones Dry Goods Store, has died at the age of 102.
Ms Jones, fondly known as “Aunt V”, passed away on Friday night. Her funeral is planned for Thursday in Hami...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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David Kendell has been appointed Director of the Department of Health.
David Kendell, the former Chief Environmental Health Officer, is the first to occupy the post, which was created last year after a reshuffle in departmental responsibilities.
“I l...
DATE: Jun 10, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
