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Bermuda “cannot afford to have our young persons continue to leave the island and not coming back home”, the labour minister said last night in a review of the island’s national youth unemployment strategy.
Repatriation fell under the nine goals of t...
DATE: Jun 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The cost of some food items has increased by almost 30 per cent in the past year, according to the latest figures.
Statistics released by the Government’s Department of Statistics yesterday show that the price of some meat, fresh fruit and vegetable...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Three young men were honoured for rediscovering their passion for learning after graduating yesterday from a school named for success.
Shaz Gibson, 17, Jahquandae Armstrong, 17, and Zafiyah Walters, 18, accepted their high-school diplomas from Succes...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Tributes have continued to be paid to leading charity campaigner Olga Scott.
Mrs Scott, who was married to former Premier Alex Scott, and died at the age of 83, was hailed by the Progressive Labour Party as a “formidable” woman who made Bermuda a...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Students had a chance to learn about a Nasa science mission when it moved its flight operations to Bermuda earlier this month.
With the help of The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences’ Ocean Academy, students from Saltus Grammar School, Victor Scott...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Olga Scott, who championed a charity for at-risk young women, was a “kind and compassionate woman” who “exemplified the very essence of public service”, according to David Burt, the Premier.
Mr Burt paid tribute at the weekend to Mrs Scott, the wife ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Olga Scott, who championed a charity for at-risk young women, was a “kind and compassionate woman” who “exemplified the very essence of public service”, according to David Burt, the Premier.
Mr Burt paid tribute to Mrs Scott, the wife of former Premi...
DATE: Jun 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The labour minister has hit back at criticisms of how the inflation rate is calculated, saying that the Government “stands firmly behind” the methodology used for the Consumer Price Index.
Jason Hayward claimed rents, which account for one quarter o...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Amendments to Bermuda’s law for domestic partnerships will be tabled today in the House of Assembly after the UK Privy Council’s landmark ruling in March on same-sex marriage.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, will address legislators on the c...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Five students have won prizes after penning portraits of the most important men in their lives — their fathers.
The Father of the Year Award, which was organised by the Ministry of Education and open to P6 and M1 public school pupils, asked contribut...
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan