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A recent report highlighted a huge earnings gap between blacks and whites in Bermuda. Matthew Taylorcontinues his look at the causes and today talks Bermuda Telephone Company CEO Edgar Dill who made it to the top, despite a humble background and ling...
DATE: Sep 24, 2009
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Albert Jackson, husband of Shadow Health and Seniors Minister Louise Jackson, died yesterday following a year-long battle with cancer.
Mr. Jackson, 90, served as the first chairman of the Human Rights Commission and as Senate president for 11 years.
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DATE: Sep 24, 2009
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A Bermudian teacher who runs a school in Ethiopia is appealing for equipment to take back there next month.
Amadi Selassie, also known as Donnelle Lynch, wants to fill a container with supplies for His Imperial Majesty Institute in Shashamane in the ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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Speculation is mounting that businessman Mark Byrne has resigned as chairman of the Board of Education.
A highly placed source told The Royal Gazette that the board was told at a meeting last week that the Flagstone Re boss had stepped down as chairm...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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Students at Clearwater Middle School will spend the rest of the week aboard the Spirit of Bermuda learning about shipwrecks.
Twenty M3 girls are now on a five-day trip, assisting in the excavation of a 17th century sailing ship in Castle Harbour.
Th...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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An expert on prostate cancer will speak to doctors and nurses on the Island about the illness and new ways to fight it.
Dr. Edward Schaeffer, assistant professor of urology, oncology and pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine wi...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Senate president Albert Jackson has died.
Mr. Jackson, 90, was the husband of United Bermuda Party MP Louise Jackson.
He served as Senate president for 11 years.
Premier Ewart Brown and Opposition Leader Kim Swan expressed their condolences to...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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Mark Byrne has resigned as chairman of the Board of Education just six months after taking the role.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Bermuda managing partner Darren Johnston will be his replacement.
The announcement came this afternoon with Minister of Educat...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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Figures showing large gaps between the earnings of blacks and whites have angered many. In the third part of a series looking at the wealth gap between white and black residents, Matthew Taylor talks with Bermuda Public Services Union leader Ed Ball,...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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A Bermudian motivational speaker has been honoured as a hero by the New York City Council.
Dennis Rahiim Watson, CEO and President of the National Youth and Gang Violence Task Force, was honoured on September 11 for his efforts to combat gang violenc...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
