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A fire that killed at least 15 children at an orphanage in Haiti has devastated the country, a Bermudian resident said yesterday.
Phillip Rego, who runs an orphanage in Haiti, said: “They’re sad.
“A lot of people sent me a lot of texts — some of the...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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A Grammy Award-winning jazz singer said yesterday she was keen to return to a Bermuda stage next month.
Dianne Reeves, the headline international artist for the 2020 Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts, said: “It has been a while, but I’m looking...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Members of the island’s teachers union have breached their collective bargaining agreement five times this school year, the education commissioner claimed today.
Kalmar Richards said the Bermuda Union of Teachers “must place children first when takin...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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A man who admitted two sex offences against a girl will undergo two psychiatric reports and a social inquiry report.
Khayriek Woolridge, 27, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Monday to two counts of committing an indecent act in front of a chil...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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An appeal on “some points” of a Supreme Court ruling in favour of the Prison Officers Association against a Labour Disputes Tribunal is to be lodged, the Government said yesterday.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said that the Govern...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
School projects ranging from pop art-inspired recycled sneakers to soul food were showcased at Somersfield Academy yesterday.
The projects were among the work displayed by M5 pupils as part of their International Baccalaureate middle-year programme, ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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The pluses and pitfalls of life online are the focus of a conference, running tomorrow and Friday, with 800 middle and high school students invited to attend.
Brought by the Bermuda Government’s Department of ICT Policy and Innovation, the third annu...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A student taken under the wing of the island’s most famous conservationist has followed in his footsteps by studying for a doctorate in the study of birds.
Miguel Mejías, 32, said that he expected to finish his PhD in ornithology at a university in C...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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A network of privacy experts could develop in Bermuda after the introduction of legislation designed to protect personal information, the island’s new Privacy Commissioner has predicted.
Alexander White explained that the sector was a “boom industry”...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A 41-year-old man appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged in connection with a crash that killed a young woman two years ago.
Terrance Walker, from Pembroke, is alleged to have caused death by driving without due care and attention.
Jen-Nay...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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