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Education Minister Randy Horton will today be presented with the results of an inquiry into how mould was able to contaminate and force the closure of the Island’s largest public school.
A three-member independent panel brought in by Government to in...
DATE: Mar 30, 2007
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Wayne Furbert’s leadership of the United Bermuda Party was doomed almost as soon as it began, political commentators told The Royal Gazette yesterday.
On the day that Mr. Furbert resigned his position as Opposition Leader, insiders claimed he never r...
DATE: Mar 30, 2007
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Embattled Opposition Leader Wayne Furbert was remaining tight-lipped last night as to whether he will resign — but he said a poll showing a surge in his popularity among the electorate “speaks for itself”.
Mr. Furbert, who is facing a vote of no conf...
DATE: Mar 29, 2007
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The Attorney General told a meeting last night that Bermuda’s public education system needed dramatically restructuring from pre-school to the senior level.
Senator Philip Perinchief, a former teacher, said at least three public high schools were nee...
DATE: Mar 28, 2007
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Budget air tickets for twice-weekly flights between the UK, Bermuda and New York could go on sale in a fortnight’s time, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Jonathan Hinkles, managing director of Zoom Airlines, told this newspaper yesterday that his compan...
DATE: Mar 27, 2007
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An announcement on whether a UK airline has been granted permission to operate budget flights between London and Bermuda is expected to be made this weekend.
Zoom Airlines applied earlier this month for a licence to run the twice-weekly flights from ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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Labour Minister Derrick Burgess has visited a Caribbean polytechnic which five Bermudian students dropped out of last year because their marine engineering course was not ready.
Mr. Burgess attended the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic in Barbados ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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The mother of a prisoner who died in custody due to a lack of medical care claims she should have received part of a $325,000 compensation award paid out to his long-term partner.
Elizabeth Astwood, whose asthmatic son Steven Mansfield (Peppy) Dill d...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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A doctor has sent an outstanding medical bill for a patient to the man's mother - more than five years after his death.
Elizabeth Astwood, mother of Steven Mansfield (Peppy) Dill, who died in prison aged 41 due to lack of medical care in December 200...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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A former sergeant major who raises cash for charity each year by walking solo around the Island for 24 hours is going it alone again next week.
Marilyn Steede will set out on her walkathon in aid of Meals on Wheels at 6 a.m. on March 31 and will keep...
DATE: Mar 23, 2007
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