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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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Sarah Lagan
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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Education
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Sarah Lagan
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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Education
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Sarah Lagan
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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Politics
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Sarah Lagan
Photographer and TV icon Reg Grundy OBE has launched a new book of wildlife that includes Bermuda longtails.
Mr Grundy is renowned locally for his photographs of the Island’s white-tailed tropicbird, which adorned the walls of LF Wade International A...
DATE: Jul 02, 2015
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Public school students are gaining “real-world exposure” to various fields within the medical profession thanks to a new career guidance programme.
The two-week scheme, coordinated between the Bermuda Education Network, Bermuda College and the Depart...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Improvements will be made to the embattled Watford/Cavello ferry route, the director of the Department of Marine and Ports Services, Richard Russell, has pledged.
Passengers on the green route service complained to this newspaper last week about unre...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
A “thunderstorm” hangs over the House of Assembly as Opposition leader Marc Bean continues to delay a motion of censure against Speaker of the House Randy Horton.
Mr Bean told this newspaper he had every intention of carrying through with the motion...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two swimmers have just been given an extra incentive to cross the English Channel with a sudden anonymous donation of £10,000 ($16,000).
Bermudians John Tomlinson and Jeff Conyers, along with two other team-mates, are preparing to swim in the frigid ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2015
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Sarah Lagan