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Two young sailors have won the chance to put to sea with America’s national sailing programme.
Aidyn Park, 12, and Tyler Correira, 11, have secured places on an exchange programme with the United States Sailing Programme in Newport, Rhode Island, dur...
DATE: Jun 11, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An amended version of a proposed tax on sugar won cross-party support in the House of Assembly yesterday.
But Opposition MPs questioned if an extra charge on sugar-laden products would drive people to make healthier choices.
Susan Jackson, the shado...
DATE: Jun 09, 2018
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The Queen’s Birthday Honours list has been announced.
Awardees for the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and British Empire Medal:
• Flora Duffy OBE — for services to sport in Bermuda;
• Major Ben Beasley BEM — for services to...
DATE: Jun 09, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Legislators are scheduled to debate two tax Bills in Parliament today.
The “sugar tax” on sweetened foods and beverages will go before MPs, along with a Bill to tax Airbnb-style vacation properties at 4.5 per cent on rentals.
The session will also se...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Steam education will be implemented at primary schools across the island, education minister Diallo Rabain said.
Mr Rabain said children would benefit academically and behaviourally through the Steam method, which focuses on a collaborative approach ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Healthy Schools Awards ceremony put on by the Department of Health at The Bermuda Society of Arts, City Hall, this week honoured schools which consistently promote health to its students and staff.
Schools targeted five specified categories of h...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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Health
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Press Release
The president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers conceded his union was to blame for a lack of meetings with the Ministry of Education.
Shannon James said yesterday that the BUT had met with Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Develo...
DATE: Jun 07, 2018
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Education
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News Staff
Minister of Education and Workforce Development, the Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP attended a special ceremony to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the Child Development Programme and present certificates to children enrolled in the programmes.
Mini...
DATE: Jun 07, 2018
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Danger on the roads, crime and education are among the concerns Warwick North East constituents would like to see tackled by their new MP.
The by-election tomorrow was called after Jeff Baron announced in April he was to quit politics in the wake of ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2018
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One Bermuda Alliance by-election candidates said ahead of the voting tomorrow that education is the major concern of constituency households.
Justin Mathias, who is up against the Progressive Labour Party’s Curtis Dickinson in Warwick North East, s...
DATE: Jun 06, 2018
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