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Eight minibuses will be used to bolster after-school bus services for pupils, a government representative said tonight.
The Ministry of Transportation spokesman said that the temporary measure had been made after “a combination of mechanical breakdo...
DATE: Sep 14, 2019
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Tech-savvy youths will further develop their computer coding skills during the September Hackathon today.
The event, hosted by the technology charity Code441, will give children between the ages of 12 and 17 a chance to develop computer software to a...
DATE: Sep 14, 2019
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Bermuda’s debt ceiling will be raised by $250 million after Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, tabled legislation allowing the Government to pay lenders over the failing Caroline Bay development.
The Government Loans Amendment Act increases B...
DATE: Sep 14, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
November 2005: Harvard University graduates present a proposal for a major redevelopment including homes, a hotel and a promenade at the former Naval Annex at Morgan’s Point, Southampton, which was vacated ten years earlier by the Americans. The plan...
DATE: Sep 14, 2019
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Bermuda’s delivery of aid to the Bahamas, where a humanitarian crisis has been left by Hurricane Dorian, arrived in Nassau on board the HMS Protector yesterday.
Staff on the vessel posted on Twitter: “Our Royal Marines and Royal Navy sailors will fig...
DATE: Sep 13, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teenager described to the Supreme Court yesterday how she told her mother she had been raped and molested by a man who was trusted by the family.
The young woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said she kept the secret for years becaus...
DATE: Sep 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Canadian engineer praised for his work for the Bermuda Government has admitted being involved in dishonest practices in Canada.
Yves “Bob” Lortie, from Quebec, served as a chief engineer for the Ministry of Public Works for three years and was hail...
DATE: Sep 13, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A remodelled healthcare system focused on outcomes, an independent education authority, moves to lower the cost of living and immigration policies to address the island’s talent gap are among the proposals in an advisory group’s plan for Bermuda’s fu...
DATE: Sep 13, 2019
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The Commissioner of Police pledged to consider “the views of all communities and its leaders” as he announced a review into the management of Bermuda’s first Pride parade.
Stephen Corbishley has previously expressed strong support for the parade, in ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2019
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News Staff
All public schoolteachers should be internationally certified as part of a proposed sweeping reform to education, a new report has urged.
Inaction to make “radical change” to the education system would be the “most significant missed opportunity” in ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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