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Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley will today seek parliamentary approval for 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 dr...
DATE: May 31, 2013
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A $265,000 research grant has been presented to the Bermuda Lionfish Task Force to help combat the invasive species.
Donated by Darwin Plus: Overseas Territories Environment and Climate Fund, the funds will be used to carry out a lionfish population ...
DATE: May 31, 2013
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A surgical mishap that inadvertently destroyed a Southampton man’s tumour has been hailed as a “medical miracle”.
Reginald Raynor, 59, was on the operating table at a US hospital when certain equipment failed.
Doctors later discovered the faulty proc...
DATE: May 31, 2013
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Bermuda wiil join the world in celebrating No Tobacco Day today.
The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre is hoping the day will highlight the awareness of health risks associated with tobacco use. Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre provides FREE health t...
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The Marine Police Unit has moved out of its offices at Barr’s Bay Park.
The unit is now temporarily located at the Police COMOPS Building in Prospect.
It is expected the unit will establish permanent offices in Dockyard on August 1.
A Police spokesma...
DATE: May 31, 2013
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Difficult choices may have to be made about the future of Government pensions, according to SAGE Commission chair Brian Duperreault.
During a public meeting held this week at Penno’s Wharf, St George’s, to seek public input in reducing Government spe...
DATE: May 31, 2013
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A friendly dare saw Sports Minister Wayne Scott take to the diving board at the National Aquatic Centre's new pool yesterday.
He plunged 7.5 metres under the watchful eye of
National Sports Centre chairman Sean Tucker, whom Mr Scott had
challenged ...
DATE: May 31, 2013
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Various roads will be closed to motorists on Sunday as rehearsals for the Queen’s Birthday Parade take place.
The following closures will be in effect in Hamilton from 7am until 11am to allow the Bermuda Regiment to prepare for the upcoming event:
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DATE: May 31, 2013
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Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) executive director Richard Winchell has been nominated to chair the Work Permit Stakeholder Group, Government announced last night.
The group, formed as part of the ongoing work permit reform proc...
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Wedco will be repairing and replacing signs in Dockyard after a complaint from the public.
Earlier this week, Judith Swan wrote to this newspaper about a sign, intended to give information about convict hulks, which she described as “virtually unread...
DATE: May 31, 2013
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