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Whitney Institute Middle School has been saved from closure.
Education Minister Randolph Horton announced an agreement has been reached which will ensure the school's doors re-open in September. A $1.5 million summer renovation package will make safe...
DATE: Jul 16, 2008
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He transformed himself from a troubled young man to a professional footballer.
Now, after 17 years at the top of the game, David Bascome has a new mission — to save the Island's young men from drugs and gang violence.
Mr. Bascome, 38, plans to use hi...
DATE: Jul 14, 2008
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The Berkeley Institute has scored a century — 100 students have graduated from the school this year.
And many of the school leavers celebrating gaining their Bermuda School Certificate (BSC) have secured places at universities overseas.
Principal Mic...
DATE: Jul 11, 2008
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Family advocacy campaigners are cautiously optimistic about legislation promising to address the high cost of child care.
On Wednesday Government tabled the Child Day Care Allowance Act 2008 at the House of Assembly.
The promise of free day care was ...
DATE: Jul 11, 2008
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JUST like in the movies, Bermuda now has its very own search and destroy team. That's right - Vector Control, located on Point Finger Road, has devised a targeted programme that focuses on locating and eliminating mosquito problems throughout the isl...
DATE: Jul 11, 2008
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Education Minister Randy Horton returned to the drawing board last night after parents of Whitney Institute students shouted down the latest plan for the school.
The meeting, which was held in the Outerbridge Hall on the middle school's campus, was c...
DATE: Jul 11, 2008
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There are lots of stories and rumours floating around about Whitney Institute Middle School right now — and really it's no wonder.
Since the announcement by the board of trustees on May 19 that Whitney would close unless urgent repairs were carried o...
DATE: Jul 10, 2008
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Government yesterday announced it will join a scheme helping to cut the cost of education for university students.
Premier Ewart Brown said the Government has accepted an invitation from the University of the West Indies to become a 'contributing cou...
DATE: Jul 10, 2008
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Senators yesterday passed legislation to increase scholarship payments to students pursuing higher education both at home and abroad.
The Bermuda Government Scholarships Act 2008 was welcomed by all parties, with Opposition Senators even calling for ...
DATE: Jul 10, 2008
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Parents are pulling their children out of Whitney Institute Middle School amid fears that the unsafe school will not reopen in September.
The Royal Gazette understands that the parents of as many as 20 students have applied for their offspring to beg...
DATE: Jul 10, 2008
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