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Teenage pregnancy in Bermuda has halved in the past 20 years, according to Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
He said there were 140 teen pregnancies in 1990, but only 71 reported between April 2009 and March 2010.
His comments were made on Teen Pregnancy...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) yesterday celebrated Hand Hygiene Day to remind staff to wash their hands.
The initiative, led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is intended to encourage good hand hygiene to prevent healthcare associated infect...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Mothers are being asked to sacrifice an hour of their special day to pray for an end to the gun crime blighting our Island.
Albertha Waite is calling on the community to “stand together at the same time” on Mother’s Day to help those families who ha...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The search is on to find new bus drivers to fill the gaps of Bermuda’s public transport system.
The Department of Public Transportation (DPT) has this week advertised for new bus drivers.
Transport Minister Terry Lister previously told this newspape...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A 22-year-old man caught with marijuana near a prison yesterday described it as “an honest mistake” .
Jay Thomas Dill pleaded guilty to possessing 4.3 grams of cannabis near Westgate Correctional Facility in Dockyard.
He told Magistrates’ Court: “It...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A “desperate man” who robbed security guards of $56,518 in public funds has been jailed for three years.
Tashon Bean, 22, of School Lane, Pembroke, told the Supreme Court that he had panicked and made a poor choice on November 12, when he and an unid...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Premier Paula Cox is understood to be moving to the official residence of Clifton after Deputy Governor David Arkley was asked to move out.
Ms Cox is believed to be making plans to move having expressed her interest in the Government-owned property w...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Shooting victim Ralph Burrows doesn’t know if he’ll ever get to go home.
Aged 41, he’s had to accept he may spend the rest of his days in the extended care unit at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
“That took a little while getting used to,” he says...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Convicted gangsters could be sent overseas to jail under proposed new measures for tackling what Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva last night called a “form of domestic terrorism”.
He told a public meeting attended by several hundred people at the ...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A dry spring has led to an increasing demand on water delivery services, but water truckers have been stalled by closures at Government water depots.
According to one trucker, Government water depots were closed four of the past six days, and while a...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
