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The Mayor of Hamilton assured voters yesterday that the city was in safe hands — despite a recent string of resignations from councillors and staff members.
Sutherland Madeiros told The Royal Gazette that the 213-year-old municipality would weather t...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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W. Carvel VanPutten has become the third Corporation of Hamilton councillor to resign in four months — claiming discrimination and describing a "private club" which is "falling down".
Alderman David Dunkley, meanwhile, has been told he is not eligibl...
DATE: Jun 25, 2008
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A student disturbed by the number of recent deaths on Bermuda's roads has come up with a plan of action to save lives.
Justin Brangman has sent a two-page document to the chairman of the Road Safety Council detailing how he believes the Island could ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2008
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A school at risk of losing its governing body is urging education chiefs to rethink their plans — with the help of a bright yellow badge.
The parent-teacher association at St. George's Preparatory School has dished out hundreds of Save Our Board of T...
DATE: Jun 24, 2008
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Education Minister Randy Horton has praised a group of Bermudians who have successfully completed the Bermuda Teacher Induction Programme.
Mr. Horton told the House of Assembly on Friday that 25 teachers had recently graduated from the two-year schem...
DATE: Jun 24, 2008
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A 22-year-old man was taken to hospital after he was assaulted and robbed in a Hamilton bar at the weekend.
Police attended the Captain's Lounge on Reid Street just after midnight on Saturday after reports of a disturbance.
The victim, from Devonshir...
DATE: Jun 23, 2008
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A policeman was injured and three teenagers were arrested after the CedarBridge Academy prom in Hamilton at the weekend.
Police said officers attended a disturbance on the corner of Church Street and Parliament Street at about 2.30 a.m. on Saturday m...
DATE: Jun 23, 2008
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Education Minister Randy Horton last night accused bosses at Whitney Institute Middle School of attempting to "cause upheaval" by advising staff to prepare for the school's closure.
Mr. Horton said he discovered via the media that the school administ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2008
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Oil tycoon John Deuss wants the Privy Council in London to rule on whether a warrant for his arrest was issued unlawfully by a Magistrate in Bermuda in 2006.
The Dutch multi-millionaire's British QC Clare Montgomery sought leave in the Court of Appea...
DATE: Jun 20, 2008
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Teachers' leader Mike Charles last night called on Education Minister Randy Horton to provide a detailed timetable for the reform of public schools.
Mr. Charles, general secretary of Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT), said the Minister's claim on Tuesd...
DATE: Jun 19, 2008
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