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The Island’s public senior school students show a 95 percent graduation rate for the latest school year, according to Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
The minimum grade point average set by the Board of Education is a 2.0 — the equivalent of a...
DATE: Nov 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four teens were yesterday charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on a fellow student.
Tijuan Swan, 16, Keanu Wilson, 17, Tishon Gordon, 17 and Kenneth Wade, 17, denied taking part in the beating of Raymond Crofton Jr on November 6.
Magistrates...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parliamentary Registrar Randy Scott said his office plans on hiring staff to keep track of the electoral roll’s accuracy.
Ms Scott said the Registrar has been without scrutineers, as the officers are known, for the last three years.
He said annual re...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two cases of ineligible voters listed on the latest electoral roll have been reported to the Parliamentary Registrar.
The addresses — one, the derelict site of a hotel, the other a bricked-up unfinished house — highlight the need for vigilance over t...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Nomination Day for the coming general election is tomorrow, when the candidates for all constituencies will gather in Hamilton’s Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall.
It marks a first for the Island, following amendments to the Parliamentary Election Ac...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Life expectancy rose, cancer mortality declined, but over the last decade Bermuda’s spending on healthcare grew and grew.
When it comes to expenditure, the Island is second only to the US, the top spender of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “formal, structured process” for racial reconciliation, the mandatory reporting of wealth by race, and the decriminalisation of cannabis have been called for by CURB.
These initiatives came with a 15-point plan issued yesterday by Citizens Uprootin...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cost has become a priority for all stakeholders in Bermuda’s healthcare system.
For a sample of top health concerns across the community, The Royal Gazette started with the Bermuda Medical Students Society.
Diverse factors drive up the expense for a ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Local photographer Kenneth (Ed) Kelly, whose work has appeared on postage stamps, and whose subjects have ranged from eclipses to portraits of royalty, has been presented with the AFL Prism Award in recognition of his work.
Sixty years after Mr Kelly...
DATE: Nov 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Charging Government with “electioneering at its worst”, the One Bermuda Alliance issued a blistering rejoinder to the Progressive Labour Party’s accusation that “deep and radical cuts” are planned by the Opposition.
“We’re always ready to discuss our...
DATE: Nov 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
