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Whether you are just starting your career, unemployed or underemployed and need assistance with your job search, the Department of Workforce Development is offering free career development workshops to assist with career guidance.
The Department has ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Employees of Marsh and Guy Carpenter yesterday participated in a volunteer clean-up at Fort Hamilton. The effort, coordinated with support from the City of Hamilton, is part of the companies’ larger initiative to give back to the Bermuda community.
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DATE: Nov 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Two men were arrested for attempted murder after two shootings within 20 minutes last night.
Police made the arrests after an armed containment by officers on a house in Happy Valley Road, Pembroke.
They could not confirm whether the two incidents, w...
DATE: Nov 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Tributes were paid yesterday to Richard Daniels, a former teacher and dedicated organiser in the Progressive Labour Party.
Mr Daniels was 72.
Alex Scott, a former PLP premier, said Mr Daniels was a man who “made the trains run on time” in the party, ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A ten-year sentence for a man caught with a loaded handgun has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Prosecutors appealed the sentence on the grounds it was too low and said Dion Cholmondeley should have got 12 years in jail.
The Court of Appeal ruled ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A government pledge to phase out middle schools has worried the public, an independent senator and former head teacher has claimed.
Michelle Simmons said that a plan to axe the schools in favour of “signature” specialist schools was “a major conce...
DATE: Nov 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A 26-year-old woman has swapped pie-making for a medical degree after she won backing worth $7,000.
Alesha Page worked gruelling 12-hour shifts at the Pie Factory in Hamilton in an attempt to save enough money to resume her studies. But she was award...
DATE: Nov 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A planning application for a solar farm at LF Wade International Airport has been submitted to the Department of Planning.
The proposed farm would cover 20.3 acres — more than the 18 acres at first envisaged.
The application said the “current design ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public relations experts are to spearhead a charm offensive designed to boost the image of the Department of Workforce Development.
Businesses have been asked to submit tenders for a campaign designed to generate a better image of the department.
Tar...
DATE: Nov 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman exiled to an overseas institution by the Family Court when she was a child said yesterday she had no say in the decision and suffered “trauma” while abroad.
The woman said: “I was blindsided. I didn’t know nothing about it. They didn’t ask me...
DATE: Nov 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways