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A Supreme Court judge hit out yesterday at controversial comments made by a defence lawyer as she jailed his client for 18 months.
Chez Rogers, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges that he lured and had unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cabinet appointments to the national security and tourism and transport portfolios will go ahead today.
The replacements for Wayne Caines and Zane DeSilva, who both quit Cabinet last week over a public breach of Covid-19 health restrictions, were exp...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Stress brought on by the pandemic has led more residents to seek help for drug and alcohol use.
Focus Counselling has seen a rise in “people that wouldn’t normally participate in our services” as a result of Covid-19.
Leslie Grant, the executive dire...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Daina Casling was worried about her daughter’s education when The Reading Clinic was forced to switch to online tutoring during the Covid-19 pandemic.
She need not have been concerned — like many of the other children involved with the education char...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Four educators have been appointed acting principals in Bermuda’s public schools, the Commissioner of Education has announced.
Kalmar Richards named Enid Furbert-Jacobs as acting principal for Purvis Primary, Jana Pitcher for Gilbert Institute, Lind...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
New Cabinet appointments for the portfolios of national security as well as tourism and transport are expected at Government House today.
It comes in the wake of David Burt, the Premier, “inviting” Wayne Caines and Zane DeSilva to quit their minister...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An online professional development programme for teachers and parents of schoolchildren is to continue online, the National Museum of Bermuda said today.
The “Moving the Needle” series will later this month feature a look at how Bermuda built a marit...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Pembroke Parish Council’s annual Bermuda College scholarship award and grants has extended the age range and application deadline this year.
Previously limited to high school graduates, the tuition funds are now available to Pembroke residents be...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Venetta Symonds started full-time work for the Bermuda Hospitals Board 40 years ago today as one of the first black radiographers at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Her ambition back then was not to become chief executive officer of the entire...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A charity appealed to the public yesterday to join a campaign to safeguard children from sex predators in the wake of controversial comments by a defence lawyer.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children launched its social-media drive after barri...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes