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Family members have paid tribute to a “generous, outward-going, non-judgmental” woman after the passing of Diana Douglas Webster on Friday.
Ms Douglas Webster, actress and mother of Hollywood actor Michael Douglas, was born into a high-standing fam...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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News of Bermuda Shark Project data being published in the Nature journal has been followed up by international media including the BBC, CBS and Science Daily.
The research paper predominantly used data from Choy Aming and the late Neil Burnie’s sat...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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About 60 volunteers joined forces from various organisations on Sunday to help clean up Elbow Beach after the July 4 celebrations.
Some 70 bags of trash were collected amounting to about 1,500lbs of waste — equivalent to about a pound of waste for ea...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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Former Berkeley Institute acting principal Keisha Douglas has been named as the new principal of Clearwater Middle School.
The appointment is one of up to six transfers at the school including the vice principal.
The Department of Education also anno...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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Unionised ferry workers have hit out at Marine and Ports director Richard Russell claiming that mechanical issues with the ferries, rather than staff lateness, have accounted for an unreliable service.
Senior pilot and president of the Bermuda Indust...
DATE: Jul 04, 2015
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Determined to get more young Bermudians involved with electronics and robotics, teacher Harry Matthie has brought thousands of dollars worth of microcontrolling equipment to the Island.
Mr Matthie, who will be using the machines in classes he will be...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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The Parent Teacher Association at Clearwater Middle School is exploring avenues to prevent the transfer of its principal — at a time when five more teachers are also set to leave.
President of the school’s PTA Tanya Dyer said she had only been infor...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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Chairman for the Human Rights Commission Mike Hanson has welcomed the change in legislation allowing same-sex marriages in the US.
Last Friday the Supreme Court ruled that individual states cannot deny gay couples the same marriage rights as heterose...
DATE: Jul 03, 2015
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Parents have written to Government complaining about inadequate consultation over extensive teacher transfers that they fear could cause disruption in Bermuda’s schools.
The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association says the shake-up, including prin...
DATE: Jul 02, 2015
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Former Premier Alex Scott believes that the motion to censure House of Assembly Speaker Randy Horton is already doing a tactical job “just by sitting there”.
Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean told The Royal Gazette this week that he was purpo...
DATE: Jul 02, 2015
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