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The Bermuda Regiment's ageing communications system will soon be getting an upgrade with a new radio system.
The new Sepura TETRA system will replace the existing VHF system, which was highlighted as one of the areas needing improvement in a recent r...
DATE: Nov 27, 2010
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Members of the Constituency Boundaries Commission praised the Parliamentary Register and Geographic Information System software for helping to make changes to the electoral map as accurate as possible.
Dame Jennifer Smith and Opposition MP Bob Richar...
DATE: Nov 27, 2010
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Anonymous calls to the CrimeStoppers hot line have risen by more than 52 percent from last year, according to organisation chairman John Drew.
The public are now taking advantage and feeling more confident in using the confidential telephone number o...
DATE: Nov 27, 2010
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Only about three percent of people in Bermuda donate blood — half the numbers found in other developed countries, the House of Assembly was told yesterday.
And the situation places extra pressure on existing donors as well putting lives at risk, acco...
DATE: Nov 27, 2010
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Students in the Island's public middle school are performing well at English, but having difficulty passing math.
According to figures released yesterday by Minister of Education Dame Jennifer Smith, almost 100 percent of students in public middle sc...
DATE: Nov 27, 2010
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Tynes Bay will be accepting electronic items for recycling today.
Residents are encouraged to bring old electronics they want to dispose of to the Palmetto Road, Devonshire facility as part of Government's third and final e-Waste Recycling Day.
Anyth...
DATE: Nov 27, 2010
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BOSTON (Reuters) – More than two dozen rare sea turtles who were cold, hungry and lost were rescued over the Thanksgiving holiday after having washed ashore on Cape Cod, a spokesman for the New England Aquarium said yesterday.
The Kemp's ridley speci...
DATE: Nov 27, 2010
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Premier Paula Cox hinted an election was not on the cards as MPs approved the Constituency Boundaries Commission report.
The new Boundaries Commission map — which would give a number of MPs an uphill battle retaining their seats — was outlined by Pre...
DATE: Nov 27, 2010
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For 17-year-old debate champion Eoin McMahon, the ability to state your case and resolve differences is a crucial life skill.
It's also a pastime that comes naturally to him, and after four years' formal debating the results are showing. Last weekend...
DATE: Nov 27, 2010
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board has reminded former employees they are entitled to a one-off pension payment.
People who worked for BHB between January 2000 and December 2005, but no longer work for the company, are entitled to additional funds towards t...
DATE: Nov 26, 2010
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