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The Department of Consumer Affairs yesterday warned local Walmart shoppers of a recall of one of the company’s exercise products.
Perfect Resistance Bands sold by the popular chain of stores were voluntarily recalled after they were deemed a potentia...
DATE: Jan 24, 2013
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Exam results and other performance figures for Bermuda’s public schools should be reported independently, Education Minister Nalton Brangman believes.
The Progressive Labour Party Government was criticised by the One Bermuda Alliance for “selective a...
DATE: Jan 23, 2013
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Plumbing problems caused the Happy Valley Child Care Centre to close down yesterday.
A Government spokesman said it is expected the school would reopen this morning.
“Child & Family Services has advised that the Happy Valley Child Care Centre current...
DATE: Jan 23, 2013
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The number of women brought before the courts for violent offences and civil matters as a result of unpaid bills is on the rise.
Coupled with the prevalence of absent fathers Magistrate Juan Wolffe has warned that the effect on young women is now as ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2013
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Court
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Awards were presented to the Bermuda Sloop Foundation and the Presidents of the West Indian Association and Vasco de Gama Club on Saturday in recognition of their community work.
The ‘Salute to Service’ ceremony was the eighth annual event hosed by C...
DATE: Jan 21, 2013
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Students at Elliot Primary School were treated to a careers fair in memory of beloved PE teacher Reynold Smith.
School principal Kimberly Creighton said family of Mr Reynold, including his stepdaughter Anika DeShields, took the event as a chance to c...
DATE: Jan 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Dellwood Middle School has been closed down this morning due to “plumbing/water problems”.
A Ministry of Education spokeswoman said that parents are currently being contacted by the school about picking up the students.
The spokeswoman said: “Efforts...
DATE: Jan 18, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Reopening the medical clinic five years after it was controversially shut, will offer a fresh start from its stigmatised history, said a physician who worked at the facility.
Stanley James said he welcomed news of Government’s pledge to bring the cli...
DATE: Jan 18, 2013
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Education charity the Reading Clinic has been gifted $1 million out of the pocket of its founder, Elizabeth Kitson.
Ms Kitson yesterday launched a foundation aimed at generating $100,000 annually for the Island’s young people.
The 94-year-old started...
DATE: Jan 17, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Funeral services were held for a war veteran honoured by medals dating back to 1939.
Owen Darrell was laid to rest as the only Bermudian known to have served on the dangerous Arctic Convoys in the Second World War.
He died on December 27, just one we...
DATE: Jan 16, 2013
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