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Bermuda High School for Girls and Warwick Academy have announced their 2011 International Baccalaureate Diploma results.
Full diploma pass rates of 76 and 72 percent respectively, were recorded at the schools.
Meanwhile, Saltus Grammar School announ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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Education
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An unemployed 21-year-old man was given a conditional discharge today after he admitted breaking into his mother’s home.
Rayshun Edwards, from Warwick, pleaded guilty to wilfully damaging a door and a window in his mother’s apartment in an incident o...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Making returning travellers pay more Customs duty at the airport might help Government raise money, but is unlikely to help local retailers, according to Bermuda residents.
Duty for items declared by returning residents at the airport is to increase ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Massachusetts man spent his wedding anniversary in Plea Court today after being caught with cannabis in his cruise ship cabin.
John McDonough, 45, pleaded guilty to possessing 8g of cannabis on October 2 on-board the Norwegian Dawn.
The court heard...
DATE: Oct 03, 2011
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Payroll tax for retail businesses will be lifted for the next six months in an effort to support the struggling sector.
The change comes into effect today and continues through March 31. It was one of several initiatives announced by Premier Paula Co...
DATE: Oct 01, 2011
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Preliminary results of tests on water tanks following the HWP blaze show little cause for concern, according to Government.
The level of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, a likely pollutant produced by the August fire, was said to be within “acceptable limi...
DATE: Oct 01, 2011
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Premier Paula Cox today announced measures intended to aid the suffering retail sector.
Payroll tax relief and a rise in duty for residents returning from travel abroad, were among the initiatives revealed at a press conference this morning.
Retailer...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to use Cooper’s Island as the site of a temporary tracking station.
While not as well known as its American cousin NASA, the ESA has been involved in research missions since its formation in 1975.
Formed by the ...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Government press attaché Scott Simmons defeated Denton Williams in a PLP branch election last night, making him the likely candidate for Southampton West Central.
Mr Simmons picked up 20 votes at the well attended meeting, while Mr Williams picked up...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cooper's Island is returning to its former use as a tracking station this year, with the European Space Agency (ESA) setting up temporary facilities at the site.
According to a Government spokeswoman the ESA has completed the first stage of setting u...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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