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Historian Walton Brown is launching a series of six lectures designed to improve local knowledge of Bermuda history right up to the modern day.
Mr Brown, the Progressive Labour Party MP, launched “Understanding Modern Bermuda” after the popularity o...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
Excerpts from seven episodes of Ocean Vet starring the late Neil Burnie will be screened over the next two months at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
The series, which has attracted interest from some of the world’s major networks, incl...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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Bus driver and female impersonator Mark Anderson has called for amendments in the Human Rights Act after his case of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was dismissed by a tribunal.
Mr Anderson claimed that he was discriminated against...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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A 55-year-old man has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison for conspiracy to import almost 6,500 grams of cannabis.
Charles Paul, of Warwick, who said he committed the offence in order to save his leg via surgery, was caught trying ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2015
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Court
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Sarah Lagan
The transfers of some 30 teachers and six principals are hanging in the balance less than two weeks before the start of the new school term as arguments rumble in the courts over whether parents were properly consulted about the moves.
The Bermuda Pa...
DATE: Aug 28, 2015
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
“Children must come first,” was the message from Minister of Education Wayne Scott yesterday as he welcomed a court decision allowing teachers and principals to go ahead with their transfers.
Mr Scott spoke to The Royal Gazette outside the Civil Cour...
DATE: Aug 28, 2015
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association claims the Ministry of Education wants to “fatally wound” it with planned changes to the education system.
Harry Matthie, the association’s chairman, said the ministry intended to turn the BPTSA and othe...
DATE: Aug 27, 2015
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
A 42-year-old man has been struck off the road for three years after being caught drink driving for a second time.
Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, Francisco Braga Santo pleaded guilty both to driving while impaired, and driving while th...
DATE: Aug 27, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
Lawrence Scott, the Shadow Minister of Transport, has said an airport authority could be established as soon as December as an alternative to the Bermuda Government’s sole-source procurement model with the Canadian Commercial Corporation.
The Progres...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
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Politics
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Sarah Lagan
A judge has questioned the timing of an attempt to block teacher and principal transfers — two weeks before the new school term.
The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association was in Civil Court yesterday to seek a judicial review against the Ministr...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan