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IT was a day of mixed emotions for survivors of Warren Simmons, the late Bermuda sports administrator, former president of Somerset Cricket Club, Inc., who in his heyday was the longest serving captain of the club’s Cup Match team. He was one of the ...
DATE: Jul 06, 2007
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OVERCOMING insurmountable odds is nothing new for Amputee Association of Bermuda president Mark Dill, but when he was asked to come on board to help fundraise for the purchase of school supplies for more than 100 Filipino (Kanawan) kids, he knew his ...
DATE: Jul 06, 2007
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Bermuda’s so-called “education crisis” could have been overstated due to misleading graduation statistics in previous years, a highly placed source claimed last night.
The source — a leading education figure on the Island — said the apparent dramatic...
DATE: Jul 06, 2007
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BERMUDA’S golfers did the island proud at the Island Games in Rhodes when William Haddrell and Laura Robinson both captured the gold medal in the individual event yesterday. Nick Mansell also took the bronze in the men’s individual stroke-play tourne...
DATE: Jul 06, 2007
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Disappointed she certainly is, but disloyal she is not. Which is why Ianthia Wade has broken her silence on being passed over as Progressive Labour Party candidate in Warwick West — a seat which has since been turned down by three others.She said the...
DATE: Jul 05, 2007
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Teachers’ union leader Mike Charles is calling on Government to issue clear statistics on the number of students graduating from the two senior public schools. The general secretary of Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) spoke out after figures released ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2007
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An arbitration hearing on a long-running dispute over teachers’ pay began yesterday — with a decision expected from the tribunal panel early next week.
The closed hearing at the Department of Labour heard evidence from Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT)...
DATE: Jul 04, 2007
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Eleven years on from her brutal death, the legacy of murdered teenager Rebecca Middleton will be honoured by a programme to protect other young women.
The Rebecca Middleton Foundation, a charity promoting victim support and crime prevention, has boug...
DATE: Jul 04, 2007
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Bermuda’s public school graduation rate appears to have leapt by an astonishing 34 percent this year — and could rise even higher once summer school is out.
The vast increase in the number of students graduating from the Berkeley Institute and CedarB...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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The United Bermuda Party must acknowledge and address vestiges of racism within its ranks, 25-year veteran Maxwell Burgess urged in an impassioned retirement speech last night.
The House of Assembly was in its last session of the summer, with widespr...
DATE: Jul 02, 2007
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