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A veteran teacher and education official said yesterday she was disappointed but not embittered, after a court rejected her bid to overturn the appointment of the Commissioner of Education.
Gina Tucker had argued that she was not given a fair opportu...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The leader of the island’s white-collar union hit back yesterday after a Cabinet minister attacked health ministry staff for a claimed attempt to bring down the scientist leading the fight against Covid-19.
Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A 25-year-old St George’s man accused of an attempted gun murder will spend at least two more weeks in custody after his bail application was delayed because his lawyer is overseas.
Taaj Muhammad appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday and explained...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
An overgrown eyesore in a tight-knit neighbourhood is to be transformed into a community garden.
The plot on Friswells Hill in Pembroke, owned by the Ball family, has been handed over free for three years so that area residents can grow crops.
A mass...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tropical Storm Gonzalo is not a threat to Bermuda at present, the Bermuda Weather Service said tonight.
Forecasters said the closest point of approach by the storm in the next three days was expected to be about 1340 miles to the south at 3pm on Sund...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Rosewood Bermuda, the island’s premier luxury resort, partnered with Bermudian singer-songwriter, Heather Nova, to support Family Centre, a local charity that has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The resort collaborated with Heather, ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Agriculture is being boosted with a community garden planned for each parish the House of Assembly was told this morning.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, said the Government owned 38 plots of arable land across the island, ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s Coastguard has spent 119 days of the Covid-19 pandemic on 24-hour readiness, the House of Assembly was told this morning.
Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, said there had been an average of 4.56 patrols conducted daily, with 10...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A prototype for the phasing out of middle schools was unveiled in parliament today.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, outlined “sweeping positive changes” for a two-tier education system along with the introduction of signature schools.
Mr ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
In 1973, Bermudian Edward Harris invented the ‘Harris Matrix’, which became the subject of his doctoral thesis at University College London. The essence of the thesis was published in 1979 as Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy, followed by a s...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release