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Tourism Minister Patrice Minors is actively exploring the expansion of medical tourism as a way to fill Bermuda’s empty hotel beds.
Cashing in on ‘medical tourists’ as well as their families and doctors looks set to be one of the recommendations of ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Politics
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Bermuda CableVision has secured a $1,000 grant from the Caribbean Cable and Telecommunications Association (CCTA) for the mentoring charity Big Brother Big Sisters of Bermuda (BBBS).
Cablevision nominated BBBS to receive the award for the sixth conse...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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It was unconstitutional for lawyer Charles Richardson to be charged with criminal libel for making “unfair” and “sarcastically offensive” remarks about a detective on Facebook, a judge has ruled.
The case against Mr Richardson is to be dropped by pro...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Internet scams are circulating the Island in greater numbers, police have warned.
Recent tactics have included tantalising marriage offers on social network sites, with requests for transfers of funds.
The Financial Crime Unit cautioned the public ag...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Local beauties were announced for the Face of Bermuda competition over the weekend.
Winner Desiree Riley, 20, of Warwick, will travel to London under the wing of the modelling agency McCallion Brown, after being judged the Face of Bermuda.
Ms Riley t...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Starting today, shoppers will see the effects of an ongoing standoff between dockworkers and management, as meat, dairy products and other perishables are kept from reaching the shelves.
“We've seen no change in the dispute,” said Zach Moniz, manager...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Healthcare students have praised a Ministry of Health programme that offered them hands-on experience in their field.
A total of 43 students were employed in various Government departments and quangos this summer.
Char-Lee Simons, who recently gradu...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than $50,000 in dance scholarships and bursaries has been handed out by the National Dance Foundation.
The awards were given to eight students pursuing dance here and abroad.
Foundation chairman Don Kramer presented the awards, saying “it was cl...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Other
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Jurors deliberating sex allegations against Ewart Brown’s doctor son will not deliver verdicts until next week, after being sent home for the weekend.
Kevin Brown, a 40-year-old physician, is accused of sexually abusing 11 female patients when he gav...
DATE: Aug 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Four men were arrested following two separate altercations on Front Street.
Officers responded to a report of a disturbance around 2.55am on Saturday, a Police spokesman said.
“On arrival, Police observed an altercation between two males, a 28-year-o...
DATE: Aug 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
