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“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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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
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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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
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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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
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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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A race relations event being held next Monday is to feature a host of local historians, authors and politicians.
The University of Oxford recently acquired a collection of books about the history of race and resistance in Bermuda, and the event is b...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Family, friends, colleagues and members of the sailing fraternity have paid tribute to Reid Kempe, who passed away on Sunday morning surrounded by his wife and children. He was 64.
When Reid’s name comes up you may think of a former Olympian and gian...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Potential witnesses were yesterday assured that they will receive protection from Police if they come forward to help catch the killer of 27-year-old Johnathan Darrell.
That was the message from the Bermuda Police Service after a press conference in ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Senator Vic Ball met with eight of the 2015 Summer Employment Programme students to discuss their experiences at a lunch hosted by the Department of Workforce Development.
Some 102 Bermudian college and university interns were placed throughout Gov...
DATE: Aug 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Michael Dunkley is in London for meetings with British Cabinet ministers.
The Premier is due to have talks with Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary; John Whittingdale, the Secretary of State for the Department of Culture Media and Sport; David Gauk...
DATE: Aug 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan