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Airlines that service Bermuda have offered to waive fees for flight changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
British Airways, American Airlines, Delta, Jet Blue, Air Canada and WestJet have each announced they would waive change fees, althoug...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An international firm has been selected to help rebuild Bermuda’s public education system, the education minister announced yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said that consultancy Innovation Unit Australia New Zealand had been selected after a request for pr...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The race to come in line with international standards has left Bermuda in a strong position, the finance minister said.
Curtis Dickinson told the House of Assembly on Monday that last year had been a “transitional” year with a degree of uncertainty a...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new maths programme will be introduced to raise standards across the island after a successful implementation at a primary school.
Harrington Sound Primary School hired British firm Primal Academic Innovations to bring in a maths intervention progr...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A man avoided jail time yesterday after he admitted the theft of a motorcycle owned by the City of Hamilton’s chief operating officer.
Che Pennyman, 49, was sentenced to a year in jail at Magistrates’ Court for the theft of a motorcycle that belonged...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Civil servants were told to cancel “non-essential travel” yesterday, but no ban will be imposed on large public gatherings at present, the Premier announced.
However, David Burt advised people to practise “social distancing” and highlighted that some...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Changes to speed up compensation payments to people who suffer criminal injuries and to boost cruise ship revenue have been approved in the House of Assembly.
The amendments to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act and the Miscellaneous Taxes Act we...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Immigration legislation to be debated next week is only the first step, a town hall meeting was told last night.
Colin Anderson, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of National Security, told an audience of about 30 people that the Bill was focus...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is to review how the sugar tax was implemented over concerns that retailers had spread the impact of the tax across other items.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly: “We need to have a look at this again.
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DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The AXA End-to-End charity walk will feature an all-new event this year, and make a bigger cash donation to a school.
This year’s event will feature an End-to-Middle walk from St George’s to Hamilton in addition to the End-to-End and Middle-to-End, b...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes