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There appears to be plenty of evidence that the controlled use of cannabis to assist those persons having chemotherapy, does assist the patient. It is also recorded that it can be useful in some treatments of glaucoma. However, I came acros...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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Most children of today won’t remember black and white television, or the countless black and white photographs in the homes of thousands of once young Bermudians who passed through the Jackson School of Performing Arts.
Long before cultural arts were...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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Two more Bermudian awardees on the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List have told The Royal Gazette of their joy at the accolade: Stan (Lord Necktie) Seymour, and Kathleen Ford.
“My phone hasn’t stopped ringing,” said Ms Ford, who was among the four to re...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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A voice for the weak, a role model for all, and a person whose very existence made Bermuda a better place, Louise Jackson OBE has been remembered as all this and more.
The Island’s elder stateswoman died yesterday aged 83, leaving a legacy that all a...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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Judith Landsberg, who is stepping down as president of Greenrock, the environmental charity. will continue her commitment to green issues on the other side of the world.
The environmentalist. who is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in environment...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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Bermuda's first baby of the new year, Farrah Natalia Kaye Pacheco, was delivered at 8.38am to Tamika and Flavio Pacheco — two days later than expected, and just in time for 2014.
Cradling her sleeping 8lb little girl, a tired but beaming Mrs Pacheco ...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014
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Two dentists have had their “extraordinary” and lengthy legal battles with the Bermuda Dental Board highlighted in an international report — and it doesn’t cast the Island in a favourable light, according to one of them.
James Fay, of Paget Dental Gr...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014
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A recently-formed fundraising organisation for the Island’s non-profit sector is to receive $6 million in donations over the next five years.
Bermuda Community Foundation (BCF) CEO and managing director Myra Virgil described the donations as “a found...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014
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A free bike race for children of primary school age is on offer in the Arboretum on Saturday.
The Tokio Millennium Youth Mountain Bike Race kicks off at 4pm, and is aimed at family fun rather than a competition.
Sanctioned by the Bermuda Bicycle Asso...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014
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George Fergusson signed four pieces of legislation into law on Christmas Eve, including the Liquor Licence Amendment Act 2013.
Confirmation of the Governor’s assent was published in the Official Gazette on Tuesday, essentially clearing the way for li...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014
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