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In a “disturbing” trend, rising numbers of young students from needy homes are coming to the classroom with their lunchboxes empty.
Children at ten schools already get help with breafast each morning, courtesy of the Coalition for the Protection of C...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 100 volunteers from across the world are heading soon for Tanzania — where 27-year-old Bermudian Jermaé Paynter-Smith awaits them.
Their diverse expeditions in the mountains and plains of the east African state come with the sustainable de...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Joyce Pearman, who with her husband Edric formed the island’s longest-married couple, has been lovingly recalled by her family after her death at the age of 95.
“She was a beautiful girl — I don’t know how she put up with me for all those years,” her...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
Basketball pro Mykal Glasgow is to take his sporting talents abroad this autumn, having committed to play for Thomas College in Maine.
The sports prodigy, an honours student at the Berkeley Institute, plans to study accounting.
Three times a member o...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Mahesh Reddy, the medical director at Bermuda Healthcare Services, has been arrested by police in connection with a financial investigation, The Royal Gazette understands.
Dr Reddy is a longstanding physician with the practice, founded by the former ...
DATE: May 31, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Financial details on Bermuda’s proposed airport redevelopment show that Aecon Concessions, the developer, must commit to having a stake of more than one-third in the project.
Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly that the ...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A ten-year cancer survivor, who prefers to be identified only as patient X, supports the idea of cannabis decriminalisation in Bermuda.
Researching his cancer, which first announced itself with a haematoma that left him “ankle-deep in blood”, quickly...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Director of Public Prosecution’s call for public input on a caution policy covering simple possession of cannabis has elicited a “pleasing” range of responses thus far.
However, Larry Mussenden told The Royal Gazette he did not see the move as “c...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Nearly 2,000 sailors will be racing for Bermuda to kick off next month’s National Heroes Weekend, in the third-biggest Newport to Bermuda competition that the island has hosted.
However Kenneth Bascome, still fresh to his appointment as Junior Minist...
DATE: May 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Cabinet Office, operational centre for the Bermuda Government, is to get a new home as of next Friday — while a relocation for the Senate is yet to be announced.
Health and safety concerns forced the move, according to Michael Dunkley, who said i...
DATE: May 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell