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It is a task said to be “monumental” by David Burt, the Premier, and Diallo Rabain, the education minister – the transformation of the public school system to give every Bermudian child a chance to excel.
A consultation document
released in ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Almost 100 businesses have applied to be part of Government’s $13m economic stimulus programme aimed at small to medium-sized contractors.
The deadline for submissions for the Short Term Stimulus Programme was February 15 and the responses to the Re...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Travel from Britain to Bermuda will be restricted to people with a valid reason while UK stay at home measures are in force, the Government’s London office said today.
The UK office told Bermudians in Britain that people on their way home from next ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Government’s lack of consultation with medical professionals and the “woeful inadequacy” of drug prevention programmes were just some of the reasons Opposition and Independent senators gave for rejecting Government’s bid to legalise cannabis yesterda...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
One Bermuda Alliance senators will vote against legislation to licence cannabis production at today’s session of the Upper House, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Ben Smith, the Opposition senate leader, said the Government Bill did not set out what it...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A string of road closures were announced today because of major trenching work by power firm Belco.
Harrington Sound Road in Hamilton Parish will be closed from Knapton Hill to Middle Road in Flatts for about 27 weeks from March 9 to September 26.
Tr...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Environmental charity Greenrock is calling on people to consider how they can reduce dependence on fossil fuels, as part of the 14th annual Earth Day in Bermuda.
Taking place on March 27, there will be a live stream and television broadcast from 6.3...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Pupils at a private school learnt crucial life skills as part of a virtual etiquette conference.
A total of seven pupils and two teachers from Chatmore British International School, along with students from Switzerland, America and Gibraltar, partic...
DATE: Mar 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
When Tania Stafford went for treatment at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute she felt she had been transported to a 1950s-style asylum.
It was old with tatty furnishings, decades old magazines were in the reception area and a faded poster of a tall ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The maintenance of school buildings must get better, the shadow education minister said yesterday.
Ben Smith warned that renovated schools would deteriorate fast if work was neglected.
Mr Smith said: “We have a lot of buildings that are old – it’s ab...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan