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Student attendance was adversely affected across Bermuda’s schools owing to island-wide work stoppages yesterday despite all schools remaining open.
Yesterday marked the second day of stoppages by Civil Service workers in protest against the Bermuda...
DATE: Mar 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Parents were unsure whether to send their children to school yesterday morning as the scope of last-minute industrial action remained unclear.
Ferries, buses, trash collection and the docks were mainly out of service as a result of the island-wide w...
DATE: Mar 12, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An American spoken word poet who has been taking HBO’s Def Poetry by storm is making a return to the island this weekend to perform as a guest of the Bermuda College Literary Society.
Gemineye, real name Chris Kuretich, is well known for poems such ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Lanir Smith could barely walk when he joined Heron Bay Primary School. Now aged 7, he can complete three races in a day
It didn’t take long after joining Heron Bay Primary School for Lanir Smith to make progress in the face of a debilitating conditi...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Young students from Gilbert Institute have presented letters to education minister Wayne Scott asking him not to close their school.
Gilbert Institute, the island’s only primary level school for the deaf and hard of hearing, is one of four schools f...
DATE: Mar 04, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Government has announced that it is to call a referendum on same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Michael Dunkley, the Premier, called a press conference this morning, accompanied by Patricia Gordon Pamplin, Minister for Community, Culture ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy has described the notion of Bermuda’s proposed immigration reform opening the floodgates to foreigners as a “myth”.
The minister was speaking during a live interview on the government-owned TV station CITV hosted...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The former Minister for Education Grant Gibbons said he hopes that Gilbert Institute does not close as part of his party’s school reorganisation [Score] plan.
Dr Gibbons, who handed over the One Bermuda Alliance education portfolio to Wayne Scott las...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The international business community should adopt schools to help the Bermuda Government address failing public primary infrastructure, according to parents speaking at a consultation meeting last night.
More than 200 people turned out to the meetin...
DATE: Feb 25, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The people of St David’s came out in force last night to defend one of the three pillars of their community — St David’s Primary School.
The school is one of four earmarked for possible closure as part of the Bermuda Government’s school reorganisati...
DATE: Feb 24, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan