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Mount Saint Agnes Academy launches its yearly celebration of the Catholic educational system this Sunday, with the start of Catholic Schools Week.
The school marked the feast day of Saint Agnes, its patron saint, with a Mass held on January 19, in wh...
DATE: Jan 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Middle school students joining the Power of One youth leadership programme got a pep talk from Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works.
The programme, which is the brainchild of footballer brothers Andrew and David Bascome, teach...
DATE: Jan 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Abdull Musbahi, a senior consultant urologist, is to be the guest speaker at the Bermuda Healthcare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic’s quarterly Docs for Dinner event tomorrow night.
Dr Musbahi will discuss potential uses for Botox in urology, the b...
DATE: Jan 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former government minister Zane DeSilva denied claims last night from Progressive Labour Party sources that he was ordered to quit Cabinet by the Premier.
Mr DeSilva branded it “absolutely false” that he had been told by David Burt to resign from his...
DATE: Jan 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Plans for a tech hub in Bermuda have changed, the Premier has said.
David Burt said that the original plan to create a technology centre at Southside in St David’s could be replaced by a smaller start-up in Hamilton.
He said: “We might start small in...
DATE: Jan 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Disa Potgieter-Oubella, who died last Sunday, aged 64, was described last night by her son, Gavin Manders, as a woman with a drive to help others.
Mr Manders, the island’s leading tennis player, said: “I would not have made it here or be who I was wi...
DATE: Jan 23, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government should come clean over “unanswered questions” about the shock resignation of Zane DeSilva from the Cabinet, Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden said yesterday.
She was speaking after David Burt, the Premier, announced at the weekend that...
DATE: Jan 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Public Services Union has mounted a defence of civil servants, including health regulators accused by Ewart Brown of targeting his medical practice.
Edward Ball, general secretary of the BPSU, said: “The union takes exception to the recen...
DATE: Jan 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The cost to split the role of Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service will be revealed when the process is complete, David Burt said yesterday.
The Premier fielded questions on the decision to create two posts in the wake of an announc...
DATE: Jan 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt will unveil his first Budget on February 16.
The Premier and Minister of Finance said the Budget would “focus on those who for the last five years have not been a priority”.
He added: “Our aim is simple and that is to grow Bermuda’s econom...
DATE: Jan 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell