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Acting Minister of Community and Culture Leah Scott recently marked Social Work Month with a donation to the newly launched Ida James Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Ms Scott read a proclamation officially declaring March Social Work Month 2013, and made ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Alcohol had a role in more than 50 percent of the Island’s road deaths in recent years, according to anti-drink driving campaigner Anthony Santucci.
“Since 2000 we have had more than 140 road deaths in Bermuda,” the CADA head told The Royal Gazette. ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
A public meeting is being held tonight seek public input into how a historic burial site can be protected from development.
And pressure group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda is asking descendants of ancestors buried at the Tucker’s Town graveya...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s ageing population is causing Alzheimer’s to have a greater impact on the Island, but programmes are being introduced to help.
Elizabeth Stewart, founder of Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia (AAD) said few people are aware of how widespread...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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Baroness Margaret Thatcher played a key role in helping Bermuda forge a strong relationship with the United States, former Premier Sir John Swan said yesterday.
“I had the great pleasure of knowing her very early in my career when I first came into o...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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Veterinarian Susann Smith maintains she was discriminated against when she was denied the post of Government vet in 1997.
“I know what I experienced all those years ago,” Dr Smith told Supreme Court, asking why else she would have subjected herself t...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Animal wardens have launched an investigation after ducklings were found dead at Botanical Gardens.
A Government spokesman today issued the following statement: “The Department of Parks can advise that this afternoon they received a report of dead du...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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The days of piracy returned to Bermuda this weekend, with more than 20 people walking the plank to raise more than $100,000 for the Bermuda Sloop Foundation.
For the second year, volunteer ‘hostages’ scrambled to raise enough money in donations to pa...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police yesterday warned the public to secure their homes after electronics were stolen from a Smith’s home.
A Police spokesman said: “At around 11am Sunday morning, police attended a residence of Skyline Road in Smiths as a result of a breaking and e...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
High winds left hundreds of homes across the Island without power yesterday.
According to a Belco spokeswoman, outages started to occur at around 3.45am, as high winds and heavy rains struck the Island. Larger outages were reported in Warwick, Paget ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2013
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