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A “staggering” gap between public and private schools exists in some subjects, according to Darren Burchall, head of computer science at Bermuda High School and CEO of education firm Great4Learning.
Mr Burchall is aiming to bridge the knowledge divi...
DATE: Oct 26, 2017
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A businessman who ploughed $200,000 into renovations at a beach building later demolished by the Government is still in the dark over compensation.
Tom Steinhoff planned to transform the rundown concessions building at Shelly Bay at a cost of around...
DATE: Oct 26, 2017
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Desmond Crockwell, the creator of anti-violence magazine Visonz, has issued a rallying call to Bermuda’s sports and community clubs to take a more prominent role in ending gang violence.
Crockwell would also like to see more teachers, principals, co...
DATE: Oct 25, 2017
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The National Certification Scheme is to be revitalised to help get Bermudian tradesmen back to work, Minister for Workforce Development Diallo Rabain announced yesterday.
Mr Rabain warned that guest workers who failed to register or complete the cert...
DATE: Oct 24, 2017
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Manny Scott is no stranger to pain and suffering.
His father spent most of his life in jail, his mother was beaten to a pulp by his stepfather, and his best friend was brutally murdered when he felt he was at rock bottom.
Despite those setbacks, he ...
DATE: Oct 24, 2017
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
Beautiful open spaces, farm fields and a historic building will be on show at the Bermuda National Trust’s second Farmfest event on Saturday.
The free family friendly event is due to take place at the Trust’s protected ten-acre property of Devondale ...
DATE: Oct 24, 2017
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Christopher Famous brought the house down with his maiden speech to Parliamentarians on Friday night about the meaning of true leadership.
Members on both side applauded, cheered and stomped their feet when the Progressive Labour Party backbencher c...
DATE: Oct 23, 2017
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Politics
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Sarah Lagan
The mother of Ricco Furbert, who was murdered in 2013, used an anti-violence event on Saturday to plead for help from the community to intervene in the life of another young man who she believes could suffer the same fate.
Nicole Fox spoke at the Pea...
DATE: Oct 23, 2017
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Bermuda ranks 13th for cocaine consumption out of 115 countries, according to a survey.
The statistics showed that 1.3 per cent of Bermuda residents used the drug — more than anywhere in the Caribbean region except the Dutch territory of Aruba, whic...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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Junior Minister of Finance Wayne Furbert has refused to say when he will retable his Parliamentary Bill to outlaw same-sex marriage.
It is the second time Mr Furbert has dodged questions on the status of his Private Member’s Bill.
Mr Furbert said sho...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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