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An experienced educator has been appointed as the principal of a school where she held the position on an acting basis for about three years.
The Sandys Secondary Middle School Board of Governors announced that Kalley Baxter-Williams will fill the ro...
DATE: Oct 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A 61-year-old woman reported missing has been found, police said this evening.
Brenda Cascino was last seen on Sunday, October 2, and this morning police put out an appeal to help find her.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said tonight: “Brenda Cas...
DATE: Oct 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 90 per cent of food service businesses were ranked in the top two levels of a grading system for hygiene and health standards after checks by environmental health officials.
Figures showed that 129 restaurants, cafés and takeaways score...
DATE: Oct 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police appealed for witnesses yesterday after a gun was reportedly pointed at a man in Spanish Point Park on Tuesday afternoon.
No shots were fired and no one was hurt in the incident.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said: “Investigators have asce...
DATE: Oct 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A meeting between the Government and the Auditor-General should take place to work out how to tackle about 130 years of financial statements in arrears, a former senator said yesterday.
James Jardine highlighted the importance of up-to-date audited a...
DATE: Oct 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A combined total of about 130 years of public bodies’ financial statements are in arrears, the Auditor-General’s office revealed yesterday.
It was said that 42 per cent of those were “under the auspices of” the Ministry of Finance and there was not y...
DATE: Oct 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Coastguard crews from the Royal Bermuda Regiment took part in a helicopter winching exercise thanks to a visit from a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship.
The offshore training involved a Royal Navy aircraft from RFA Tideforce, which arrived last week for a b...
DATE: Oct 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Hundreds of bits of coral have been rescued by a team of divers working to save the pieces after storm damage.
The fragments are treated and regrown in a hatchery before they are replanted and eventually returned to the reef.
A spokeswoman for the Li...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 900 applications for government relief to help cover school supplies have been processed for payment, the Minister of Education said.
But the figure represents less than half of the requests made for the $150 available per public school pup...
DATE: Oct 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An online portal will be launched today for health professionals to pay registration application fees.
The Bermuda Health Council announced its move to the new system yesterday.
It said: “The online payment portal allows regulated health professiona...
DATE: Oct 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter