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Bermuda is at the top of a global list for the number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents in a table compiled by The New York Times.
The American newspaper said Bermuda averaged 109 new cases every day from last Monday to yesterday – a rate of ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Kayaks, paddleboarders and a rower completed a marathon circuit of the island yesterday to raise almost $160,000 for a charity focused on the prevention of child sex abuse.
The money will be used to help fund free training for adults by Saving Childr...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Business voters for Corporation of Hamilton elections were asked to make sure their details were up to date.
Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, said that elections were scheduled for next year.
Mr Gosling said: “The Parliamentary Registrar is cu...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Almost half the people who took part in a consultation survey disagree with the plan to introduce parish primary schools.
A tally of the entries in the Parish Primary School Consultation Submissions report revealed that out of a total of 108 parents,...
DATE: Sep 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Lack of detail about how the Government plans to fund and implement parish primary schools in Bermuda was a common theme raised during public consultation.
The Government released three reports on the consultation including the the Parish Primary Sch...
DATE: Sep 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The views of about 1,000 members of the community were released by the government in the Parish Primary School Consultation Submissions report.
Comments were made in favour of and against the government’s Parish Primary School Plan.
The vast majorit...
DATE: Sep 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Members of the community hoping to save their schools put forward several alternatives to closure during the consultation on parish primary schools.
Elliot Primary School in Devonshire was the only school originally slated for closure under the Paris...
DATE: Sep 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
“Grave concerns” were raised about students with special needs being separated from mainstream pupils, the consultation report has revealed.
Anonymous submissions were recently made public in the Parish Primary School Decisions report.
“There is grav...
DATE: Sep 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government has prioritised public service, community and commercial use for the buildings that will be left after eight public primary schools close.
Alternative future uses for the sites were detailed in the Parish Primary School Decisions repo...
DATE: Sep 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Public primary school pupils got to benefit from an intensive educational summer camp thanks to a collaboration between two organisations.
The Bermuda Education Network, for the second year, teamed up with the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institut...
DATE: Sep 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan