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in making Bermudians computer literate.
Under a year-old initiative funded by locally based XL Capital, the XL Education Initiative has trained ten teachers in the public school system to instruct young people in all aspects of computer programming, ...
DATE: Sep 09, 1999
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still be hunting for strays of a different sort.
Government has appointed Mr. Simons as the top truant officer.
The Royal Gazette has learned he is leaving the post of dog warden in the Agriculture and Fisheries Department to join the Education Minis...
DATE: Sep 08, 1999
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A British Airways stewardess will be flown to the Island to give evidence in the heroin importation trial of a Pembroke man.
Puisne Judge Philip Storr told the Supreme Court jurors they would be contacted over the holiday weekend to be told when to a...
DATE: Sep 07, 1999
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The trial of three teens accused of setting a million-dollar fire at Harrington Sound Primary School may be brought forward to the middle of next month.
The Royal Gazette has learned lawyers for the defendants have met with prosecutors and have asked...
DATE: Aug 30, 1999
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travel, newly released figures show.
According to Marine and Ports Services 53,191 people used the ferry system in July, down 2,440 people. That is a four percent decrease compared to last year when 59,256 rode the waves in July 1998.
Figures for the...
DATE: Aug 28, 1999
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A juvenile pleaded guilty to possessing almost two grammes of cannabis in school.
And Acting Magistratre Justin Williams has ordered a social inquiry report for the boy, who will be sentenced on October 20.
Mr. Williams ordered the report in Wednesda...
DATE: Aug 27, 1999
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Development company John Swan Ltd. is seeking Development Applications Board approval to build an office building in a parking lot in Hamilton.
The six-storey building at the corner of Victoria and Parliament Streets would add more than 53,000 square...
DATE: Aug 27, 1999
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Five boys appeared in Juvenile Court yesterday on separate charges of stealing or hot wiring stolen cycles.
A 15-year-old from Warwick pleaded guilty to stealing a $1,899 Suzuki cycle owned by Whilemina Young from her Warwick home between May 15 and ...
DATE: Aug 26, 1999
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face 11 charges of breaking and entering and theft.
It is understood the teen is considered at risk of flight by the Prison Service -- having escaped from custody twice this year.
He was wearing regulation orange clothing normally reserved for adult ...
DATE: Aug 26, 1999
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man $1,600 in fines.
Jermaine Pitcher yesterday pleaded guilty before Senior Magistrate Will Francis to possessing cannabis, obstructing Police, and violently resisting arrest.
But Pitcher strongly objected to the resisting arrest charge despite plea...
DATE: Aug 26, 1999
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