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With a new school year looming, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith moved to allay parental concerns over Government’s public school restructuring — part of which was struck down in court at this month.
She also downplayed the continued absence of...
DATE: Aug 23, 2012
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Homecoming Miss Bermuda Rochelle Minors was welcomed with cheers and flowers by a throng of family and friends as the semi-finalist returned from China last night.
“She’s just as beautiful inside as she is on the outside,” grandfather Ernest Minors t...
DATE: Aug 22, 2012
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East End residents asked to move their post boxes are finding in some cases that the Bermuda Post Office is prepared to cut them a deal — although not all are happy with the compromise.
“If it’s not broke, why fix it?” asked pensioner Dorothy Penisto...
DATE: Aug 22, 2012
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Patients’ advocate Allan DeSilva, whose wife Sylvia died following a long battle with complications to her illness, has vowed to carry on with her fight for an independent commission to look into the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
The Bermuda Healthcare Ad...
DATE: Aug 22, 2012
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More police officers will be trained to carry firearms, according to the Bermuda Police Service's pledges for the coming year.
With guns, gangs, drugs and violence continuing as the force's four key priorities, greater CCTV surveillance and an enhanc...
DATE: Aug 22, 2012
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Global citizen Alicia Kirby has gone around the world through her school’s participation in the international service programme Round Square.
Fresh home from the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award gold expedition, Alicia’s passion for world affairs will also ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2012
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Trimming the Island’s runaway spending on overseas healthcare doesn’t necessarily mean searching for cheaper hospitals abroad, a US medical expert warned.
Residents’ spending on treatment outside Bermuda neared the $100 million mark last year — and ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2012
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Health
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Government is reforming the Island’s immigration laws — but current priorities do not include cases such as Bermuda-born Laura Roberts, whose mother has struggled without success to secure status for her.
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief t...
DATE: Aug 16, 2012
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Bermuda-born Laura Roberts was unable to get Bermuda status because her Bermudian father was not willing to take an active part in her upbringing — or to provide financial support.
And her mother, Helen Roberts, said that she did not move forward wi...
DATE: Aug 14, 2012
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Many young Bermudians exhibit little work ethic and are barely suitable for employment, restaurant owners believe.
They say their efforts to hire locals fail because they aren’t punctual, have no service skills and frequently don’t show up for work.
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DATE: Aug 13, 2012
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