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Education has leapfrogged employment to become the second most important issue facing Bermuda.
Focus on education has now hit the highest level for the past decade.
But both education and employment still lag behind worries over the economy, accordin...
DATE: Aug 23, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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News Staff
Registration is now open for the fourth annual golf tournament in memory of Tomasz Tabor.
The event on October 30 will help fund Bermuda Hospitality Institute initiatives in the name of the talented chef and golfer, who died in a crash in 2014.
The...
DATE: Aug 22, 2017
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Other
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News Staff
Four people left clinging to their rental whaler after it capsized on Saturday were rescued by marine police and private boats.
Multiple distress flare sightings were reported to the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre and marine police in the area o...
DATE: Aug 22, 2017
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Other
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News Staff
Akinyi Apopa and Amber Reid are the winners of the Bermuda Zoological Society’s Steinhoff Scholarship for 2017.
The students, who receive $5,000 each, were chosen for their outstanding scholastic achievement and community service, according to a pres...
DATE: Aug 22, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Hamilton Health Centre and the Annex building on Victoria Street will be closed for fumigation from Friday until Wednesday, August 30, according to the Ministry of Health.
There will be limited services and some changes to the location of services fr...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police have reissued an appeal for witnesses to the fatal stabbing of Jahkoby Smith.
Mr Smith was killed during a fight at the wake of shooting victim Jahcari Francis, at the West End Sailboat Club, Sandys, on Saturday, July 29, at about 7.15pm.
Toda...
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Former Berkeley Institute principal Michelle Simmons has been appointed an independent Senator.
Ms Simmons joins Joan Dillas-Wright and James Jardine as the independents in the Upper House after Carol Bassett, President of the Senate since 2008 and a...
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The bus service schedule will be altered on Sunday due to the Bermuda Bicycle Association Road Race.
The bus travelling east from the Dockyard depot will begin later in the morning and will then follow the normal Sunday schedule beginning at 10.35am....
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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Other
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News Staff
A 33-year-old man was today fined and taken off the roads for driving while more than twice the legal alcohol limit.
Kiransinh Rajput pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the legal alcohol limit.
The court heard that the Sandys...
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A section of Palmetto Road will be reduced to one lane early next week.
Resurfacing work will take place between Bishop Spencer Road and Border Lane during off-peak times on Monday and Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Works and Engineering.
On W...
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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Other
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News Staff