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The Progressive Labour Party has blasted Opposition leader Michael Dunkley for pledging to eliminate the new Government TV station which it says is free of bias and a large cultural resource.
The party said it's the only channel in Bermuda that regul...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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If people had not realised just how serious an issue care for the elderly was in Bermuda, they did after they learned about the shocking case of Auntie Em.
Around a year ago, a professional carer discovered the 95-year-old partially blind widow livin...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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An expert in stroke rehabilitation has visited Bermuda to give advice on how to deal with the condition.
Joel Stein, chief medical officer at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, pointed to the acronym FAST, which highlights the most obvious ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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Beyond increasing pensions and reducing land tax payments for seniors, the Progressive Labour Party's mandate for the 2003 General Election did not promise much under the headline "Special Benefits For Seniors".
However, it was true to its word on th...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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Elderly voters can probably count on one thing no matter who wins the General Election: they'll be represented in the House of Assembly by someone who knows what it's like to be a pensioner in Bermuda.
Well into her 70s, Shadow spokeswoman for senior...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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Personnel from the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service and Police had to respond to the scene of a jeep on fire at the junction of Palmetto Road and Marsh Folly Road in Pembroke.
The report came in Thursday at around 12.45 a.m. The jeep was a silver Daih...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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A glimmer of hope has emerged in the looming cement supply crisis after the president of recently renamed Island Cement Limited revealed he has entered into a long-term supply and distribution agreement with a multi-national cement company to supply ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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The PLP last night accused the Opposition of smear tactics and "fear-mongering" through television adverts which reported "misleading" statistics.
According to the PLP blog: "On Thursday, Michael Dunkley (Opposition Leader) issued a challenge that we...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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The Parliamentary Registrar said he was disappointed that his office was being drawn into political point scoring yesterday.
Randy Scott spoke after the Progressive Labour Party released a list of voters who Opposition leader Michael Dunkley had chal...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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A Hamilton Parish man admitted to charges of possession of cannabis on Wednesday in Magistrates' Court.
Brian Martin, 21, of Bailey's Bay, pleaded guilty to possession of 1.08 grams of cannabis.
The court heard from Crown counsel Nicole Smith that on...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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