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Bermudians are curbing their appetite for fried food, according to a survey of the Island’s health trends but four out of five adults are now watching more than two hours of television each day.
Since 2006, fast food consumption fell a total of five ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seven young students got an inside look at policing in Bermuda as their prize in the Bermuda Police Service’s annual “Commissioners for a Day” competition.
After getting a briefing from Police Commissioner Michael Desilva, the young Commissioners wer...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Teachers were congratulated, and the media castigated, at a ceremony honouring World Teacher’s Day.
Commending the Cambridge exam results announced this week for public schools students, Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) President Keisha Douglas told t...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four Bermudians celebrated their call to the Bermuda Bar, in front of a courtroom packed with friends, family and colleagues.
Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley, who is to serve as Bermuda’s next Chief Justice, presided over the ceremony on Friday.
New barrist...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Regiment will have one of the lowest numbers of recruits in recent memory this year: 80, exactly half last year’s number.
Budgeted wages for Bermuda’s defence forces were cut from $2.9 million to $1.7 million in the current Budget.
“It’s ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A week-long appeal for food donations has elicited an “unbelievable” response to the Eliza Dolittle Daily Bread Programme.
One hundred and one organisations filled hundreds of collection boxes for the drive and contributions have poured in at the cha...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A row has broken out over what constitutes a pass for the IGCSE exams taken by Bermuda secondary school students.
Educators evaluating IGCSE results for Bermuda’s public schools have said the more rigorous C grade is the internationally accepted mea...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Fifty needy families are to receive a total of $25,000 in food vouchers, as Capital G Bank celebrated its ten year anniversary yesterday with a donation to the Family Centre.
“It’s a huge donation, without a doubt,” said Family Centre director Martha...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Students in public secondary schools received a grade of C or above in slightly more than half of the Cambridge IGCSE exams they took this year, Government revealed yesterday.
This is the first year a substantial number of public school students hav...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Mystery antennae attached to street lights around Hamilton are understood to be part of a Wi-Fi system being set up around the city.
An unofficial source told The Royal Gazette the citywide network was being developed for “internal use” by Government...
DATE: Oct 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
