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Local student Erika Furbert, above, got a happy surprise this week when she received her exam results for the International Baccalaureate.
“I was so shocked that I just started laughing,” the 17-year-old told The Royal Gazette. “I was so happy and in...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda High School’s 2015 graduating class has beaten the world average in its International Baccalaureate Diploma results, the school reported.
The top student was Kathleen McBeath, with a total of 38 out of a possible 45 IB diploma points, fol...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
The fate of the Sandys 360 sports facility, shut down since last year, remains in question — and its demise has been blamed on bad management by Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy.
Diallo Rabain, the Opposition Leader in the Senate, noted during the ...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015
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Recession aside, Bermuda’s entrepreneurs stand to gain by launching new tourism products, according to Bermuda Hotel Association (BHA) CEO Stephen Todd.
However, Mr Todd acknowledged that getting a loan to get a small business off the ground is not e...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015
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Shadow Finance Minister David Burt dismissed the One Bermuda Alliance’s pledge to create 2,000 jobs as an electoral ploy — while pointing out the Island has lost nearly 2,000 jobs since 2012.
Mr Burt also took the OBA to task for delaying a census, s...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015
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An “astounding” three-quarters of Bermudians are obese or overweight, Health Minister Jeanne Atherden yesterday told legislators.
Reporting the figures from the Steps to a Well Bermuda survey, Ms Atherden told the House of Assembly: “Regrettably, the...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015
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Halfway through its term in office, the One Bermuda Alliance’s election promise of creating 2,000 jobs in five years has proved a tough act to follow.
Although OBA backbencher Leah Scott characterised it as “a hopeful and optimistic promise”, she con...
DATE: Jul 09, 2015
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A new strategic direction lies ahead for the Reading Clinic, with the appointment of Glenn Faries as its new executive director.
Dr Faries, who succeeds Julie Dunstan as she steps down after six years in the post, aims to spearhead a public awareness...
DATE: Jul 08, 2015
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South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela gave 67 years of his life to the bettering of the world, starting from the launch of his human rights campaign in 1942.
Joining other groups around the world, Imagine Bermuda is calling for local residents...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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Summer activities have been curtailed at the Sandys Community Centre, leaving area youth with little social options but to hang out at night.
Six months after a vehement protest outside the Boaz Island facility over cutbacks, parents were informed of...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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