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A slew of statements are expected to be made by ministers in the House of Assembly today, including updates on the Government’s financial performance and the island’s economic recovery plan.
The Order of Business also showed that a tourism investment...
DATE: Jul 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Government’s Department of Workforce Development has been swamped by companies offering internships to college students this summer.
A spokesman for the department said it had been “overwhelmed” by employers offering training vacancies to student...
DATE: Jul 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
David Burt, the Premier, has paid respects to Randolph Hayward, a Second World War veteran from the First Battalion, Caribbean Regiment, Bermuda Contingent.
Mr Hayward, 98, of Pembroke, died on Sunday.
The Premier commended him as a “proud veteran” w...
DATE: Jul 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “first lady of Bermuda” was “kind, compassionate, patient and selfless” across a long life of service, the Premier told a funeral service for Olga Scott yesterday.
Mrs Scott, a lifelong advocate for young people who built the charity Teen Services ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Schools will have greater autonomy once an overhaul of the education is implemented, it has been claimed.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said an independent education authority will work “at arm’s length from Government” in supporting how ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A festival in an historic landmark will help families to start their summers off with a strong sense of community, according to organisers.
The July 2gather Family Fun Fest, to be held in Freedom Square at City Hall in Hamilton, promises a “buffet of...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Visiting instructors from England have begun to train staff from several local organisations about horticulture and arboriculture in an effort to bolster local talent.
Trainers from Kingston Maurward College in Dorset began training sessions at the B...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The captain of a luxury yacht was fined $8,000 in Magistrates Court after he admitted that the vessel released sewage into St George’s Harbour over the Bermuda Heroes Weekend.
Marc Pearson, 38, pleaded guilty to both discharging sewage in a no-discha...
DATE: Jun 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students have been advised to continue using their current public transport passes until the new batch of summer passes arrives on the island.
The Ministry of Transport warned of a delay in the distribution of summer passes because of a hold-up in th...
DATE: Jun 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudian education researcher Katie Davis has endorsed legislation before the Untied States Congress that would protect social media consumers from unknowingly handing over their personal data.
Dr Davis, an associate professor at the University of ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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