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Congratulations have gone from CedarBridge Academy to 18 of its S2 students who sat the IGCSE Cambridge Examination in English Language in November 2015.
The school reported its best results, with three A* grades, six As, six Bs and four Cs — after ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2016
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Government’s move to hike up payroll tax has been branded “baffling” by the Bermuda Public Services Union, as the tax regime is already tilted against lower income workers.
Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, conceded the imbalance dur...
DATE: Feb 20, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Fuel prices have been raised in the Budget for the second year, meaning that come April the price of gasoline will have been hiked 13 cents per litre in just over a year.
The duty on fuel, which went up by five cents in last year’s Budget, acquired a...
DATE: Feb 20, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Protesters who disrupted a meeting on new immigration policies for long-term residents have spoken to The Royal Gazette about the frustrations that drove them to vent their anger in public.
Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, criticised the ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Renee Carter, a founding member of the cancer charity and support group Melange, was recalled as “a superwoman” by her daughter after succumbing to the disease at the age of 56.
“She was a phenomenal woman and a pillar of strength,” Dominique Roberts...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
The island is likely to face a hike in taxes when Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, presents the 2016/17 Budget this morning in the House of Assembly.
That assessment has come from observers ranging from Kendaree Burgess, the executive director ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Committee of 25, one of the island’s oldest charities, has temporarily ceased operations after being taken to court for continuing to run its Bargain Box shop while its charitable status was revoked.
The organisation, which supports handicapped c...
DATE: Feb 18, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A funeral will be held today for Grace Smith, a “matriarch” of St George’s known to many for her generosity.
Ms Smith, who died on February 10 at the age of 98, “believed in charity more than anything else”, her daughter Rose Douglas recalled.
“She t...
DATE: Feb 18, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Sources within the One Bermuda Alliance fear that the party is on the brink of “political suicide” over its apparent disconnect with ordinary Bermudians.
Longstanding frustrations after the party’s sizeable defeat in the Devonshire North Central by-e...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A helicopter rescue in pitch darkness, hundreds of miles out in stormy seas, is not the way local doctor Michael Urdang expected to finish Valentine’s Day.
Just married, Dr Urdang had been grateful for a couple of days off and the chance to spend the...
DATE: Feb 17, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell