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A new Deputy Commissioner of Police has been appointed, Government House announced last night.
Superintendent Mike DeSilva will take up the position tomorrow, succeeding Roseanda Young, who retired last year.
A selection panel chaired by Deputy Gover...
DATE: Sep 18, 2008
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Education Minister Randy Horton will travel to Washington, DC this week to attend the Global Summit on Education 2008 and hear about inclusive practices for disabled students.
The Minister announced at a press conference yesterday that he had receive...
DATE: Sep 18, 2008
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Enrolment at Bermuda College has risen dramatically this semester — and education chiefs said yesterday it was largely thanks to the free tuition now on offer.
The publicly funded community college has seen a 25 per cent increase in overall enrolment...
DATE: Sep 18, 2008
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Two Opposition MPs raised concerns about rising crime and how it is being tackled during a short Motion to Adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday.
Opposition Chief Whip John Barritt said recent stories in the media about violent crime were a worr...
DATE: Sep 15, 2008
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A "landmark decision" to open up the meetings of a parliamentary select committee on education was announced last night.
And Stanley Lowe, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, told MPs that the issue of whether all parliamentary committees should me...
DATE: Sep 13, 2008
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The executive officer of the National Training Board will leave his $130,000-a-year position at the end of this month.
Government has advertised for a replacement for Michael Stowe, who has led the quango for the past eight years.
Mr. Stowe was suspe...
DATE: Sep 12, 2008
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The Island's private senior schools have released their GCSE results with early exam starts at one school and traumatic events for students at another appearing not to have had a dramatic effect on performance.
Bermuda High School for Girls came out ...
DATE: Sep 12, 2008
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Four young Bermudians are being sponsored by Bermuda Motors and the National Training Board to study in the States.
Ryan King, Juvonne Cann and Maurice Symonds will be attending the Universal Technical Institute in Norwood, Massachusetts, to study me...
DATE: Sep 12, 2008
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The dilapidated replica of the Deliverance in St. George's is to be restored in time for Bermuda's 400th anniversary thanks to a $300,000 donation.
The Bank of Bermuda Foundation has stumped up the cash to save the wooden sailing vessel, which has be...
DATE: Sep 11, 2008
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Residents of the Georgia neighbourhood where Bermudian Sherlene 'Star' Church and her husband were killed in June are planning a community park in memory of the couple.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported yesterday that locals in Melody Lakes, Wave...
DATE: Sep 11, 2008
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