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Educational assessors from the US are visiting Berkeley Institute this week to decide if the school can join an international accreditation scheme.
The secondary school has reached the final stage of its application to become a member of the Middle S...
DATE: Apr 28, 2006
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Armed Police hunting a gunman pointed their weapons at a nine-year-old boy, his mother and great-aunt after kicking down the door of their Pembroke home early yesterday morning, it has been alleged.
The boy's mother, who asked not to be identified, t...
DATE: Apr 26, 2006
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The Ministry of Education's new permanent secretary is urging the Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) to halt a work to rule at two schools.
Rosemary Tyrell, who took up her post at the start of this year, told that the Ministry was "dismayed by the acti...
DATE: Apr 26, 2006
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Andre Kirk Everett Hypolite was last night facing a life term in jail after a jury found him guilty of murdering fellow drug user Nicholas Dill because he spurned his sexual advances.
A Supreme Court Three jury took six-and-a-half hours to reach a gu...
DATE: Apr 22, 2006
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A plan to build a new community sports centre will help combat drug problems in the west end, Education Minister Terry Lister said this week.
The Sandys Secondary School Foundation is raising funds to build a complex which will offer activities and c...
DATE: Apr 21, 2006
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A businessman who called off a ?star-studded? awards ceremony in Bermuda after an investigation showed many of his claims appeared to be bogus has been declared bankrupt in the Bahamas.
Dr. Rudolph King is also reported by a tabloid newspaper in the ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2006
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The teaching of literacy in middle and secondary schools needs to be improved, Education Minister Terry Lister admitted yesterday. Mr. Lister said primary school pupils were performing well in literacy tests but added: ?In the middle schools and seni...
DATE: Apr 20, 2006
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An investigation by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) into Government Minister David Burch?s comments about ?house niggers? is due to conclude ?very, very soon?, according to its chairman.
But Rod Attride-Stirling toldlast week that the outcome of th...
DATE: Apr 17, 2006
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The Premier is backing a plan to launch a journalism training course for Bermudians on the Island.
Bermuda College is in talks with about developing a programme to produce more home-grown reporters.
Dr. Charles Green, president of Bermuda College, re...
DATE: Apr 15, 2006
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A magistrate told a drug addict he had to get himself on a rehabilitation programme before he could be sentenced for obstructing a Police officer.
Magistrate Tyrone Chin passed a piece of paper with a telephone number on it for the Turning Point prog...
DATE: Apr 13, 2006
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