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Pitbulls and America Bulldogs could be downlisted from prohibited to restricted breeds and a ticketing penalty system could be introduced for non compliant pet owners under draft proposals from the Department of Environmental Protection and Natural R...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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Freddie Evans is said to be “confused, upset and angry” at having received no confirmation as to whether he can return to work as Commissioner of Education.
This is according to his lawyer Mark Diel of Marshall Diel & Myers, who told The Royal Gazet...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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A Sandys man was taken off the road this morning for drinking and driving.
Corey Sousa, 22, admitted driving along Crow Lane while impaired by alcohol on August 26.
Police stopped Sousa at 3.30am after watching him swerve across the road and brake su...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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Elusive and incurable, lupus is now diagnosed in more Bermudians than ever as methods for spotting the illness improve.
For Ronisa DeFontes, president of the Bermuda Lupus Association, the life-changing discovery of her disease three years ago came a...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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Ice skating in the East End this winter will be bigger and better, organisers promised yesterday.
The St George’s Skates rink, which was launched last year, will be enlarged for 2017 and a party tent added to the set-up.
Cher Przelomski, of Planning ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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The father of Bermuda’s Miss World winner has died. Edward Raymond Swainson was 88.
His daughter, Gina, was crowned Miss World in 1979 having been first runner-up in the Miss Universe contest earlier that year.
Mr Swainson grew up in St George’s and ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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A summer life skills programme for young people with mental health problems aims to raise awareness and create positive change.
A total of eight students took part in the second instalment of the teen life skills programme, which was designed to tea...
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A disgraced former Bermuda teacher has again made headlines in Britain.
The Daily Mail and The Sun published stories yesterday about Matthew McGowan’s marriage this summer to Aimee Bento, one of his former pupils at Warwick Academy.
Mr McGowan, who t...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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Bermuda’s civil liberties watchdog called on the Government to ditch “reckless” plans to undermine human rights laws yesterday.
A spokeswoman for the Human Rights Commission warned that watering down the supremacy of human rights legislation over imm...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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Wayne Furbert remains tight-lipped over the shake-up that led to him being named the new Junior Minister of Finance last week.
Members of the Opposition, however, have been vocal in criticising the move.
A media release on Sunday evening advised th...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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