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Original Bermuda First member Cheryl Packwood criticised the formation of another committee to discuss the economy and insisted action — not more research — is long overdue.
Ms Packwood said the Bermuda First group set up in 2009 had already discusse...
DATE: Nov 01, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda First committee must help the most economically vulnerable by building the island from the bottom up.
This is the view of executive director for Family Centre, Martha Dismont, who gave her approval to the revival of the group under the Pr...
DATE: Oct 30, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The newly formed Bermuda First committee should discuss how hurricane devastation in the Caribbean can impact the island’s tourism and reinsurance industries, according to former chairman Don Kramer.
Reacting to the reformation of the group he chaire...
DATE: Oct 30, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 30-year-old Pembroke man who was injured in a collision on October 14 remains in a stable condition in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.
He was injured when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car around 12.10am Saturday, October 14. at...
DATE: Oct 27, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute is to pull out all the stops for an extra spooky Hallowe’en.
Highlights of tomorrow’s event include a ghost train, an “enchanted dive”, a scavenger hunt, games, arts and a buccaneer bake sale.
A costume parade...
DATE: Oct 27, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
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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Sarah Lagan
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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Sarah Lagan
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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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
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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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan