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Adding an extra level of oversight for Bermuda’s schools should be dropped in favour of empowering principals to meet schools’ needs head-on, according to a former Chief Education Officer.
Dean Furbert, a former head of Francis Patton Primary School,...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Job categories off-limits to work permit holders have been changed – with a moratorium extended by five months from the beginning of next year until the end of May 2023.
“General bartenders” have been moved from the list of restricted jobs to the “cl...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A rider was taken to hospital from Hamilton last night with a serious leg injury after a two-vehicle crash on East Broadway at about 7pm.
Police said the male rider was attended to at the scene by EMTs and transported by ambulance to King Edward VII ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A call for beach and park services has been issued for 18 of the island’s public spaces in time for the summer of 2023.
Concessionaires are sought by the Department of Parks for services to operate from next March 1 to the end of 2023. The locations ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An overview spanning decades of fishing in Bermuda lends credence to a sweeping marine conservation plan covering Bermuda waters
DATE: Dec 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three families welcomed new additions over Christmas with three babies delivered on Christmas Day – with one couple getting an early surprise.
Troyleta Franklin and Bilal Binns told Bermuda Hospitals Board they were set for Christmas at home togethe...
DATE: Dec 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 600 homes lost power in West Pembroke on Monday evening.
Power was cut for 616 Belco customers at about 7pm and was restored by 9.20pm.
The outage ranged from Spanish Point to Pitts Bay Road, into adjacent areas of North Shore to Berkele...
DATE: Dec 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Guests to the island were treated to a uniquely Bermudian custom with the traditional Boxing Day performance of Gombeys at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
Longtime visitor Ann Marie Lees, from Wayne, Pennsylvania, called Bermuda her “home away from h...
DATE: Dec 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A $10,000 donation honouring the memory of trade union champion and former government senator LaVerne Furbert has been made to a seniors’ home in Devonshire.
Zane DeSilva, a Progressive Labour Party MP, made the contribution to the Matilda Smith Will...
DATE: Dec 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A tractor trailer truck bearing construction freight skidded and jackknifed on North Shore Road near the Aquarium last weekend without causing injury.
Zane DeSilva, chief executive of Island Construction Ltd, said on Friday that the accident occurred...
DATE: Dec 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell