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Tougher penalties and more sentencing options are needed to tackle traffic offences.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said legislation to give the bench more powers would help the courts to do their part in the battle against dangerous driving.
“Magistr...
DATE: Feb 08, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Eleven of the island’s teachers have been nominated for a top award.
The 2018 Outstanding Teacher Award, set up by the Bermuda Education Network, will be presented at the group’s second annual Chinese new year celebration on February 17.
The teachers...
DATE: Feb 02, 2018
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Budget will focus on sparking economic growth in Bermuda, the Premier said last night.
David Burt, also Minister of Finance, told an audience at St Paul Centennial Hall that any tax increases in the looming Budget would be “small and targeted”.
H...
DATE: Jan 31, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s Youth Parliament is to hold a debate on medical research and raise funds to send Bermudian students to South Africa.
The debate, organised with the Bermuda Principles Foundation, will discuss policing medical research to safeguard patients,...
DATE: Jan 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government has changed scholarship programmes to benefit a wider range of candidates.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Development, said changes have been made to several scholarships.
He added: “We are expanding scholarship...
DATE: Jan 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Prosecutors today alleged that a Welsh accountant made more than 50 bogus payments — including to the Sylvia Richardson Care Facility — while personally cashing in.
Jeffrey Bevan, 50, has been charged with his wife, Samantha, 52, and two others with ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pair of Bermudian nursing students studying mental health have won $40,000 scholarships from the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Waleed Lightbourne and Janai Caldwell are the first two students to win the two-year scholarship, funded through donations the...
DATE: Jan 04, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is to give priority to bus routes servicing schools next week as the Department of Public Transportation continues efforts to meet demand.
Buses have been cancelled on a regular basis in recent months due to problems with an ageing fleet.
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DATE: Dec 29, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The legal dispute over the sacking of education commissioner Freddie Evans is to go before the courts early next year.
Dr Evans is seeking a judicial review of the decision to fire him from that post in October.
The parties were told at a hearing yes...
DATE: Dec 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
PwC Bermuda has donated 120 computer monitors to be used by students at the island’s public schools.
The donation, made to the Department of Education this week, is intended to help Government improve Bermudian student’s access to the latest technolo...
DATE: Dec 21, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
