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Free tuition at Bermuda College may be replaced with “discounted” tuition, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith revealed yesterday.
And such a change may not necessarily be a bad thing, according to Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons, who also...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night described an increase in fees for visitors seeking extended stays on the Island as “nonsensical” and a “throwback to an age of dinosaurs”.
He told the House of Assembly he couldn’t understand why Govern...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 20-year-old man involved in a “crime spree” was jailed for two years after breaching his probation order.
Tyrone Pedro, of Fork Lane, Southampton, could be heard shouting loudly as he was taken into custody following an appearance before Magistrate...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Elated families who won a Government housing lottery in 2005 finally got to celebrate properly at the weekend, when the first completed units at Harbour View Village were officially opened.
Premier Paula Cox and National Security Minister David Burch...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Less than 100 years ago, scores of black families were forcibly displaced from their homes in Tucker’s Town, on the grounds that the land was needed for tourism.
Yesterday, hundreds of people visited the same site and were asked to consider whether t...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermudians and residents poured through the gates of Rosewood Tucker's Point yesterday to find out more about controversial plans to expand the five-star resort.
Organisers of the walkabout tour estimated at least 2,000 attended and they are hoping j...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A robber who punched his female victim repeatedly in the face before stealing more than $3,000 from her has been jailed for three years.
Steven Caisey, of no fixed abode, pounced on his victim, Karen Thomas, after spending time socialising with her a...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Elated families who won a Government housing lottery in 2005 finally got to celebrate properly this afternoon, when the first completed units at Harbour View Village were officially opened.
Premier Paula Cox and National Security Minister David Burch...
DATE: Mar 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
One of Bermuda’s best-known entertainers became the subject of a heated spat in the House of Assembly this week.
MPs heard on Wednesday that Gene Steede, 70, who was inducted into Bermuda Music Hall of Fame in 2009, would be performing on a tour orga...
DATE: Mar 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 59-year-old office manager charged with a string of sex attacks on a much younger employee does have a case to answer, a Magistrate ruled yesterday.
Khamisi Tokunbo rejected a submission from Mr Y’s lawyer to throw the entire case out of Magistrate...
DATE: Mar 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
