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A Government initiative to help workers gain professional qualifications at the Bermuda College has expanded to include accounting certifications.
Economy and Trade Minister Patrice Minors said the $500,000 Retraining Scholarship Fund will help finan...
DATE: Jun 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Primary One students in Government schools will receive free speech and language screening.
The screening is on offer at the Department of Health, starting Monday through July 13.
Appointments can be made with the Department’s coordinator for speech ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two men are expected in court on suspicion of impaired driving, following separate motorcycle crashes.
A 25-year-old Warwick man was arrested, after the motorcycle he was riding struck a Crow Lane bus shelter around 7pm on Wednesday.
Police also repo...
DATE: Jun 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Today marks a special occasion for Bermuda's famed well-wisher Johnny Barnes: his 89th birthday.
He told The Royal Gazette he likes to treat every day as special.
“It's just a natural thing,” he said of his birthday. “I'll just be myself and keep doi...
DATE: Jun 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 23-year-old mother-of-two who cashed in nearly $10,000 worth of her grandmother’s jewellery has appeared in Magistrates’ Court.
Aeisha Place, of St George’s, had initially reported a burglary of her grandmother’s residence on Winton Hill Lane, Hami...
DATE: Jun 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party and the One Bermuda Alliance attacked each other’s records on Friday during a debate on Good Governance legislation.
While Government MPs said the act was another example of the Government working to address the concerns ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan told the House of Assembly: “I am challenging The Royal Gazette and calling The Royal Gazette out” on the issue of fair and balanced reporting.
Conceding that he didn’t ask the paper to “play up or glorify what I ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Jamaican national has appeared in court to fight his deportation from the Island, saying his aim was simply to remain with his Bermudian wife and two children.
“My wife is not doing too well,” said Willston Davis, whose spouse Terry-Anne was said t...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A night on the town landed two people in Magistrates’ Court after they attacked a man’s car outside a St George’s nightclub.
Lashunde Edwards, 19, of Hidden Lane, Pembroke, admitted the offence, along with Kori Hind, 27, of Hidden Valley, St George’s...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Justice Minister Kim Wilson has given a “snapshot” of issues raised by an independent review of the Island’s prisons, which will “pave the way for a five-year strategic plan”.
Citing security concerns, Senator Wilson said it would not be appropriate ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell