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A Bermudian teacher has questioned why she can’t get a job at a public school when Government is struggling to fill vacancies with educators from abroad.
Shar-Dae Whitter said she was a substitute teacher at CedarBridge Academy last year and Whitney ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “personality disorder” caused a 24-year-old to steal nearly $10,000 in jewellery from her grandmother and say it was burgled, a lawyer claimed.
Saul Dismont told Magistrates’ Court Aeisha Place was in need of treatment because of her “antisocial be...
DATE: Oct 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Inspired by the entertainers of Bermuda’s “golden age”, composer and pianist Dylan Hollis is hard at work on what he does best — creating music.
His piece ‘Chords of Humanity’ impressed humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres enough to make an ap...
DATE: Oct 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Mid-Atlantic Boat Club has vowed to close ranks against gangsters after much-loved regular Michael Phillips was shot dead on the premises.
“We are going to get our club back,” secretary Marcia Fubler told The Royal Gazette.
“Let these little boys...
DATE: Oct 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island’s new brand image was given an upbeat appraisal by Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert, in light of a modest increase in air arrivals.
Two months after Bermuda was rebranded as ‘So Much More’ for tourists, Mr Furbert presented a two percent ris...
DATE: Oct 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
White privilege means higher pay for white residents — but complex factors also affect the wage gap, according to one employment head.
Census statistics show consistent variance in median annual incomes for white and black workers who hold the same l...
DATE: Oct 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Census figures on income show the Progressive Labour Party Government’s failure to advance black Bermudians, the United Bermuda Party has charged.
UBP leader Kim Swan spoke out over the “significant disparity between blacks and whites with the same ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Black Bermudians with the same academic qualifications as their white counterparts are still earning significantly less, according to Census statistics.
Median annual income for black residents holding a bachelor’s degree was $80,640 in 2010 — compar...
DATE: Oct 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Father-of-two Michael Phillips was killed by one of two gunmen who fired shots inside and outside the Mid-Atlantic Boat Club on Sunday.
Officers said the 42-year-old taxi driver was shot by a gunman at about 9.35pm as he sat on his motorcycle in the ...
DATE: Oct 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman who cried foul after losing her life savings in a house “flipping” scheme sparred in the Supreme Court over her awareness of the risks she was taking.
Lawyer Charles Richardson is defending Cedric Oates, 41, against a charge of making a state...
DATE: Oct 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
