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Assaults on bus drivers escalated dramatically last year prompting additional safety measures to be implemented.
There were seven reports of physical attacks during 2009, and 17 verbal assaults. According to a Government spokeswoman these included dr...
DATE: Mar 30, 2010
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Parks staff returned to work yesterday after a row with Government over pay and other issues led to a three-day strike.
The decision was made after compromise was reached in a closed meeting with Environment Minister Glenn Blakeney.
A source told thi...
DATE: Mar 30, 2010
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Back-of-town MP Ashfield DeVent yesterday called for a full-scale House of Assembly debate on Bermuda's drugs laws as he implored politicians to think outside the box on tackling gun violence.
Mr. DeVent believes decriminalising illegal drugs — makin...
DATE: Mar 30, 2010
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One marathon in a lifetime would be enough for many people but Grant Mowbray is planning to run six of them in seven days — across the Sahara Desert.
The 41-year-old Canadian is training for the gruelling Marathon des Sables in Morocco next month, wh...
DATE: Mar 29, 2010
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Senators have raised concerns about the budgeting process in Government's Cabinet Office.
Senator David Burch presented the Cabinet Office budget, which has seen a six percent increase from last year's $6,480,000 to $6,848,000, in about 15 minutes. D...
DATE: Mar 29, 2010
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Asbestos workers, supervisors and officers from the Department of Health's Environmental Health section have just completed Government's asbestos abatement course.
Participants in the annual five-day course received training and testing in the areas ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2010
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The Island's airport and power station could disappear underwater that is one of the more alarming predictions from a report on the effects of climate change on Bermuda.
Experts at the International Panel for Climate Change, predict that the rise in ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2010
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Two Pembroke men are in custody in connection with the weekend shooting of 27-year-old Jakai Harford.
An 18-year-old was arrested at his home on Saturday evening and a 23-year-old was arrested yesterday morning at a separate residence.
Superintendent...
DATE: Mar 29, 2010
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Climate change is as much a threat to Bermuda as to the rest of the world and a report recently tabled in the House of Assembly details the devastation the Island could experience. Here Amanda Dale looks at what 'The Impact of Climate Change on Bermu...
DATE: Mar 29, 2010
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Minister of Health Walter Roban will publicly proclaim Thursday (April 1) as World Autism Awareness Day to help highlight the issue in Bermuda.
Autism is a developmental disability estimated to affect one in every 150 people. It is generally marked b...
DATE: Mar 29, 2010
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