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Ahead of the annual meeting of Overseas Territories leaders this month in London, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office is featuring an overseas territory on Facebook every day. Bermuda will be today’s selection.
The annual Overseas Territories Join...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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Sex attacker Glenn Brangman is behind bars today after the Court of Appeal upheld his convictions for assaulting a teenage clerk while in charge of Bermuda Housing Corporation.
The 61-year-old former Bermuda Regiment quartermaster was taken into cust...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A plane that crashed in Russia killing 50 people was registered in Bermuda, the Department of Civil Aviation confirmed last night.
The Boeing 737 operated by Tartarstan Airlines was reportedly making a second attempt to land at Russia’s Kazan Airport...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A recommendation to cut the Island’s post offices from eight to three, as proposed in the SAGE Commission report, has met with a mixed reaction from residents.
However, many were quick to object to the idea of ending home deliveries.
“No, no, no, no,...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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A Pembroke man transferred HIV to his girlfriend without telling her he was HIV positive, it was alleged in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied the charge.
He is accused of transferring the disease ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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Police today warned residents to be on the look out for counterfeit $50 Bermuda notes after a number were found in circulation.
Businesses in particular were advised to be vigilant, as criminals are likely to target busy stores.
“With the holiday sea...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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Butterfield Bank has donated $500,000 to the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust’s fundraising campaign.
The charity is hoping to raise $40 million through its Why it Matters campaign, to help transform King Edward VII Memorial into a world-class faci...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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A Ukranian national is being treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after he fell while working onboard a passing ship.
The 35-year-old suffered “serious trauma injuries” in the fall onboard the MV Finesse, a Bermuda Maritime Operations spokesm...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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A tense, five-hour siege in Warwick ended peacefully after a suspect who had barricaded himself into a home eventually gave himself up.
Armed police and a police crisis negotiator were called to the Rockland Crescent area shortly after 11am yesterday...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin admitted the controversial closing the Lamb-Foggo Urgent Care Centre was supported by Cabinet with ‘serious reservation’ during questioning by the Opposition in the House of Assembly.
Since it’s opening in 2009...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Health
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