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Primary schoolchildren have put their noses into good books with a week of events to celebrate reading.
The youngsters at Warwick Academy put aside the latest technology to enjoy the power of a good story.
Book Week included classroom activities focu...
DATE: Nov 28, 2011
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Students need to research Bermuda’s job market before going to university rather than coming home and assuming they will find work in their chosen fields.
Attorney General Kim Wilson has issued this advice to young people as she weighs in on the dis...
DATE: Nov 28, 2011
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Unemployed university graduate Stacy Babb has resorted to trying to grab the attention of company bosses with an eye-catching employment advert.
The 28-year-old, who has been out of work for three months, has taken the initiative to sell her skills ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2011
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Incoming residents will have to pay 35 percent duty on personal items brought in from overseas, up from 25 percent, after a bill was passed in the House of Assembly last night.
While Government said the Customs Tariff Amendment (No 3) Act 2011 would ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
MPs heaped praise on 15 year old Jaret Simmons, this year’s winner of the Tom Pettit Thanksgiving Essay Competition at the House of Assembly yesterday.
“We’re talking about young black boys and people seem to get the impression that the majority are ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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Politics
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Passengers arriving at LF Wade International Airport may soon be able to buy alcohol and cigarettes duty free in the arrivals area.
The Bermuda Airport (Duty Free Sales) Amendment Act allows the creation of a duty free store in the arrivals section o...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
People who dump computers and vehicles face being traced via the item’s serial number and prosecuted under new legislation.
The Waste and Litter Control Amendment Act makes it easier to punish people for illegally dropping litter and dumping househol...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students from Mount Saint Agnes Academy are to sleep in Victoria Park for a night with nothing except the clothes they are wearing.
The youngsters will spend from 7pm to 7am in Victoria Park and are not allowed blankets, pillows, food, drink, cellpho...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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One Bermuda Alliance Senate leader Michael Dunkley has challenged Government to act on its pledges rather than “letting them fall off the radar”.
Senator Dunkley said although there were “a number of good initiatives” included in this year’s Throne S...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Politics
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It doesn’t matter how many job creation programmes Government comes up with, the people of Bermuda have to be ready to work.
This is the view of Senator Michael Dunkley who has spoken out about Bermudians having the wrong attitude to work.
The One B...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Politics
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