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A drug treatment centre helping just 17 addicts is costing taxpayers almost $2 million a year.
And the Nelson Bascome Centre for Substance Abuse Treatment has almost twice as many staff as patients, according to newly released details.
The facility i...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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A larger-than-life portrait of Nelson Mandela has appeared overnight on the wall of a Court Street club.
The mural, measuring about 10ft by 8ft, was painted by a group of artists from the Chewstick Foundation, who worked through the night to pay thei...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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Christmas came early for a handful of charities, courtesy of BTC.
The telecommunications company donated $12,000 to the six residents of Charities House — the Family Centre, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, PRIDE Bermuda, the Women’s Resource Centre, Ag...
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Protected green space around the Fairmont Southampton Hotel could be threatened under a Special Development Order (SDO) allowing the hotel to build, and sell, housing.
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) has issued a call on the...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus were forced into a home on Bostock Hill in Paget late on Tuesday night
as they battled to put out a blaze.
But nobody was in the two-bedroom house, which is undergoing renovations, according to Fire Service sp...
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A Warwick woman admitted attempting to steal two bottles of perfume from Brown & Co when she appeared in Magistrates’ Court today.
Desire Scraders, 49, was released on $500 bail and will reappear for mention tomorrow to determine if a psychological e...
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A handful of Bermudians will be honoured for their service to the community by a group of visiting Muslims.
The awards will be presented this weekend as part of a conference organised by a popular US publication, Muslim Journal.
Said a spokeswoman: “...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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Opposition MPs showed their displeasure at new measures to rein in City Hall by refusing to vote on two lease agreements in the House of Assembly this morning.
The leases — for Par-la-Ville car park — got the go-ahead anyway, due to support from Gove...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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Four teenagers appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning for their alleged involvement in a fight at the Bermuda College yesterday.
Sandys parish residents Khalif Williams and Kwanjah Burrows, both 17 years-old, along with Taijuan Davis, 16, and Ma...
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A US man’s lifeless body was washed ashore this morning at Shelly Bay, following an overnight marine emergency in which a boat sank off North Shore.
According to police, a distress call came around 12.30am near the area of Blackwatch Pass.
Police and...
DATE: Dec 11, 2013
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