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A group set up to fight the closure of West End Primary School has claimed it was snubbed by the Government.
The West End Warriors for Legacy said presented a petition with 315 signatures against the plan to shut the school as part of an education s...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Young people on the Future Leaders programme have backed the scheme as this year’s group was inducted.
Siniah Lambe, one of the group and from CedarBridge Academy, said: “Unlike school, Future Leaders Bermuda allows you to be way more open about how ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Firecrews tackled a brushfire at a house in Smith’s last night.
The flames destroyed an area of grass and several bushes in the grounds of a house in Harrington Sound Road.
Dylan Rance, 16, who lives at the house with his mother, said he was in his r...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A single mother yesterday said she was “shocked and disappointed” after she found that her child could not be enrolled in a new Government-run preschool programme because of a policy change.
The mother said she applied in June for a place on the Brig...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A reward of $5,000 was today offered for information on gun crimes.
Crime Stoppers Bermuda said the cash would be paid out for tip-offs that led to arrests, convictions or seizures of firearms.
A spokeswoman said the rewards were sparked by recent gu...
DATE: Aug 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A mother yesterday said was inspired to start a specialist support group after her 16-year-old son suffered traumatic brain injuries in a car crash.
Helen Cart set up the Bermuda TBI Survivors and Parents/Caregivers Support Group, a private Facebook ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Progressive Labour Party MP has defended the party’s Covid-19 SafeKey policy after Opposition criticism of the scheme.
Christopher Famous accused Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister, of “negativity” over new rules requiring customers of som...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A union’s threat of two-day strike this month was more to do with internal Progressive Labour Party politics than controversial changes to labour legislation, the Premier claimed yesterday.
David Burt said in a letter to Chris Furbert, the president...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Union negotiators and the Government should go head-to-head until a deal is struck over union decertification votes, an Opposition MP said last night.
Jarion Richardson, the shadow labour minister, said: “We recommend the negotiators enter a room, B...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Six students from Warwick Academy achieved 40 or more points in their International Baccalaureate in a first for the school, headteacher David Horan has revealed.
The private school – the oldest in Bermuda and said to be the oldest continuously funct...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan