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No new cases of Covid-19 were reported today.
There were 1,257 test results received by the Ministry of Health since the last update.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, welcomed the news following the island’s recent outbreak of cases but warned th...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Minister of Education has defended the move to consider closing high-performing primary schools saying that all of Bermuda’s schools should be performing well.
Diallo Rabain was speaking to The Royal Gazette about government’s plans to overhaul t...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The PTA president at Port Royal Primary School has expressed shock and disappointment at the news it may be closed.
Port Royal Primary is one of nine primary schools facing closure as part of government proposals to overhaul the public education syst...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Students and staff at Northlands Primary School have been working all month to spread Christmas cheer in the community.
The month began with the release of the song Christmas Time, by the Northlands School Choir, which has been playing frequently on...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island recorded six new cases of coronavirus infection out of 1,000 test results, the health minister said yesterday.
Kim Wilson highlighted that in one weekend in November, three gatherings at two venues caused more than 80 people to get infect...
DATE: Dec 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A documentary to chart the collection of more than three tonnes of plastic waste from a beach over an 18 month period is to to be made.
Film company LookBermuda, a film company, has teamed up with Keep Bermuda Beautiful for the film of the work on ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Forced transfers of primary pupils to other schools as part of a major shake-up of the education system could cause huge trauma, the shadow education minister warned last night.
Ben Smith of the One Bermuda Alliance said: “We should be really worried...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Clean air campaigners today appealed to power firm Belco to help form a community advisory committee to foster better relations between the power plant and its neighbours.
The Bermuda Clean Air Coalition, whose members include local residents, busine...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Public schools will reopen at the start of the new term next year on a remote basis, it was revealed tonight.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the regime would run from January 5 to January 12.
Mr Rabain said: “Teachers will begin online l...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A total of nine primary schools face closure in one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of the public education system.
The shock news came in a consultation document from the education ministry outlined plans for the creation of just ten parish ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan