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Bermuda High School for Girls and Warwick Academy have announced their 2011 International Baccalaureate Diploma results.
Full diploma pass rates of 76 and 72 percent respectively, were recorded at the schools.
Meanwhile, Saltus Grammar School announ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former United Bermuda Party deputy chairman David Sullivan is to run as an Independent candidate in the Devonshire South Central by-election because he says the party system is “broken and in dire need of repair”.
Mr Sullivan has declared his candida...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Students in public secondary schools received a grade of C or above in slightly more than half of the Cambridge IGCSE exams they took this year, Government revealed yesterday.
This is the first year a substantial number of public school students hav...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Acting Health Minister Michael Weeks yesterday encouraged women to take steps to protect themselves against breast cancer.
His comments were made at the launch of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at City Hall.
Mr Weeks said breast cancer was the most c...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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School children on the Island could soon benefit from the launch of six environmental documentary DVDs filmed in Bermuda.
The documentaries, four of which have previously featured in an abridged mini-series on Discovery Channel Canada, were created b...
DATE: Oct 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
UNITED NATIONS (AP) The United Nations launched an international design competition Friday for a permanent memorial to victims of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The memorial will be constructed at UN headquarters in New York and the comp...
DATE: Oct 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Twelve percent of residents have lost a job in the last year, according to a new poll.
Most of those who had their jobs axed were black men and the biggest out of work age group was 45 to 54 year olds.
The statistics came from a Mindmaps poll conduct...
DATE: Oct 01, 2011
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Other
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More than half of residents think the economy is Bermuda’s biggest issue and only 11 percent have confidence in the way things are headed, according to a new poll.
A Mindmaps poll conducted for The Royal Gazette in July has found that the economy/ u...
DATE: Oct 01, 2011
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Other
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Seven volunteers have graduated to boost the number of helpers able to monitor a round-the-clock crisis helpline for the Women’s Resource Centre.
They were thanked for their commitment and efforts by Minister Glenn Blakeney at a ceremony earlier this...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Bermuda’s educational system needs to up its ante when it comes to technical studies, Bermuda College dean Llew Trott has warned. Mr Trott spoke before Hamilton Rotary Club, in advance of the College’s hosting of Science Week on October 19 and 20.
No...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
