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The promotion of Freddie Evans to Commissioner of Education won high marks from Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers.
“He has demonstrated, despite all the negatives, that he can do the job,” Mr Charles told The Royal Gaze...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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Ewart Brown arrived back on the island without incident yesterday, amid rumours that he might have been detained by authorities upon his arrival.
The former Premier and his wife were met outside LF Wade International Airport by a group of supporters ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2017
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Victoria Hay Pacaud, a longstanding resident of the West End who divided her time between Bermuda and her home in New York City, has died at the age of 103.
Together with her first husband, Henry Lafayette Collins Jr, Mrs Pacaud owned Ely’s Lodge, a ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2017
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The Attorney-General and the Commissioner of Police have been accused of attempting to tarnish the reputation of former premier Ewart Brown before a global audience.
Correspondence from Dr Brown’s lawyer, Jerome Lynch QC, was sent today to both Trevo...
DATE: Mar 09, 2017
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The Department of Financial Assistance will have its budget trimmed by just over $1 million in the coming fiscal year, to $53.555 million for 2017-18.
Nandi Outerbridge, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, also updated MPs yesterday on the ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2017
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Child and Family Services has been budgeted $15.634 million for 2017-18, down 2 per cent on the previous fiscal year, according to Nandi Outerbridge, the Minister of Social Development and Sport.
Mrs Outerbridge began her overview of the department w...
DATE: Mar 08, 2017
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It’s time to enter floats for the Bermuda Day Parade, and the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs has issued a reminder that any kind of material can be used to build one.
Artists and novices alike were invited to use sculptures, murals, rec...
DATE: Mar 08, 2017
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The Government has been called upon by Opposition MP Zane DeSilva to “prove me wrong” that the hotel development for St George’s would not be first in line for construction.
Mr DeSilva said he understood that “some residences will be built before the...
DATE: Mar 07, 2017
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The media’s job in strengthening the role of the Public Accounts Committee was among the agenda items for an overseas forum attended by Opposition MP Wayne Furbert, chairman of Bermuda’s PAC.
The two-day conference’s discussion points were put forwar...
DATE: Mar 06, 2017
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With the Bermuda Government spending under extra scrutiny during the Reply to the Budget debate, it was perhaps inevitable that the price tag for Sylvan Richards’ trip to the Olympics would come up on Friday night in the House of Assembly.
The former...
DATE: Mar 06, 2017
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