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The Commissioner of Prisons Colonel Edward Lamb has said he is “hopeful” that an agreement to halt industrial action being taken by prison officers will be reached today.
The dispute over staff shortages and other concerns resulted in the facility be...
DATE: Sep 14, 2016
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Officers at Westgate Correctional Facility remained in dispute with management yesterday after hours of attempted negotiations.
An atmosphere of defiance prevailed as officers stayed in the car park of the Dockyard prison, having downed tools over ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2016
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Bermudian actor Rowan Vickers has been taking professional strides since he graduated from the prestigious Juilliard School and is now preparing to appear in an off-Broadway production exploring the horrors of slavery.
He will perform alongside esta...
DATE: Sep 13, 2016
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Canon Norman Lynas promoted a spirit of peace, justice and consolation at a wreath-laying ceremony in memory of two former Saltus Grammar School students who lost their lives in the September 11 attacks.
Boyd Gatton and Robert Higley, 38 and 29 respe...
DATE: Sep 12, 2016
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Students are being invited to sign up to the award-winning health programme Jump 2B Fit which begins on Monday.
The programme, which is free and open to any student over the age of 7, will have open recruitment sessions during the month of September ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2016
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Education minister Wayne Scott said yesterday he hoped to see a “plan etched in stone” that would see a Bermudian take the role of education commissioner.
His comments came after a news report on ZBM on Tuesday evening revealed non-Bermudian, Dubai-b...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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Charlotte’s Sail for recovering drug and alcohol addicts has been postponed as a result of potential repair delays to the Spirit of Bermuda.
The Spirit is in Maine undergoing repairs and so the sail, previously due to take place on October 1-2, will...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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The opening of the school term will be delayed at Clearwater Middle School until tomorrow because of a fault in the air-conditioning unit.
However, according to acting education commissioner Freddie Evans, the rest of the island’s schools are adequat...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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The Lahey Hospital and Medical Centre is to sponsor the creation of 280 healthy meals for students at Dellwood Middle School in a bid to combat childhood obesity.
As part of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, the lunches will be made by Mar...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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The principals of ten public and private schools have released a joint statement stressing the importance of collaboration during the beginning of the new school year.
Quoting one of history’s greatest artists Michelangelo, the letter opens, “I am st...
DATE: Sep 07, 2016
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