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A social worker found guilty of dishonesty has been given an absolute discharge in Magistrates’ Court.
Kennette Robinson, a former acting director at the Department of Child and Family Services, was found guilty in May of dishonestly obtaining a Peop...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
International Baccalaureate results have been announced for the Bermuda High School (BHS).
Head of School Linda Parker said: “We are delighted to report that our IB Diploma results were superlative this year, our highest score being 44 points out of ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three teachers at Teen Services have been laid off, and the charity has been forced to suspend its Continuation School this September.
Teen Service’s board of directors said its decades-old alternative education service had been hit by funding cuts.
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DATE: Jul 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A garbage collection worker who says he was injured on the job has resorted to picketing along Marsh Folly Road.
Dennis Nesbitt, 52, claimed he was owed an unspecified amount of sick pay from Government’s waste management department.
Carrying a sign ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The City of Hamilton has turned to Government to help clean up its homeless problem.
Mayor Charles Gosling said that complaints about intimidating beggars and public urination have increased but the city is unable to tackle the problem on its own.
“I...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Environmentalists have called for the public to voice last-minute concerns over Park Hyatt's “starkly un-Bermudian” development plans for St George's.
Tomorrow is the final day for objections to be sent to the Department of Planning.
Bermuda Environm...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
With smoking likely to be banned from Hamilton’s bus station, The Royal Gazette took to the streets to discover public opinion on the issue.
A casual poll in and around the Hubert W (Sparky) Lightbourne Central Bus Terminal found younger people less ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 30-year-old Warwick man who assaulted a woman at the Southampton Rangers Sports Club has been granted a conditional discharge.
Stephen Astwood has been held in custody since pleading guilty to intruding on the privacy of a woman, and assault occasi...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seniors have been left “languishing” at a nursing facility while repairs to one of the Island’s main rest homes have been stalled.
Shadow Minister for Seniors Louise Jackson called it “scandalous” that Lefroy House Care Community in Sandys has not be...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Community activist Carlton Simmons has appeared in Magistrates’ Court on charges of obstructing police.
Mr Simmons denied wilfully obstructing Acting Sergeant Sonson on June 17, as well as publicly using offensive words.
He was arrested after the inc...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
