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A fight for life as a result of being struck by an impaired driver became a life-changing experience for 19-year-old Shakir Amory.
Hit by a car being driven by a woman who was more than two-and-a-half times over the alcohol limit, he is committed now...
DATE: Jun 05, 2013
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The Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) will launch a series of workshops next week to help women find effective ways of dealing with stress and manage themselves emotionally in healthy relationships.
For two hours, once a week, participants will engage in...
DATE: Jun 05, 2013
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Rubis Energy Bermuda has promised $10,000 to a charity that provides students with breakfast each day.
The company has donated $5,000 to the Coalition for the Protection of Children and will donate a further $5,000 next January.
The funds are to be p...
DATE: Jun 04, 2013
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Hospital officials seeking to head off soaring health costs report “mixed success” in getting long-term elderly patients taken home — often because their families can’t afford to look after them.
“The problem is, and has been for as long as I can rem...
DATE: Jun 04, 2013
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Bermuda High School celebrated the graduation of 40 International Baccalaureate Programme Students in a ceremony on campus.
Hundreds of family members and well wishers took part in the Senior IB Graduation ceremony, congratulating the students.
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DATE: Jun 04, 2013
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Several young Bermudian writers have been honoured for their contributions to the inaugural Blue Halo Writing Contest.
Students from across the Island submitted poems and essays explaining what the ocean means to them, and how the creating of the Ber...
DATE: Jun 04, 2013
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Bermuda athletes who took part in the Boston marathon received their medals at a Government House ceremony yesterday.
Governor George Fergusson, a former Boston resident, said of the 16 runners who took part, seven did not get their medals on the day...
DATE: Jun 04, 2013
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MPs approved a bill meant to toughen control and penalties for importing contraband items into the Island’s prisons.
The list of contraband items includes cell phones, controlled drugs, firearms including imitation firearms and offensive weapons.
The...
DATE: Jun 04, 2013
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Government is taking another look at a proposed change to the Human Rights Act intended to expand the definition of harassment after an advocacy group said it would allow the police to harass people.
The Centre for Justice has launched a petition dri...
DATE: Jun 04, 2013
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A long serving member of the Bermuda Regiment was recognised by Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley for 40 years of service.
During his career WO2 Bernard Pitman has served under five Band Masters and five Directors of Music, as well as 12 Command...
DATE: Jun 04, 2013
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