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A former head teacher at Saltus Grammar School has died in England.
Roy Haygarth, who was 87, led Saltus between 1969 and 1979 — a crucial time in its history. Henry Ziegler, a Saltus alumnus who was the first head of the senior year created by Mr Ha...
DATE: Jan 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An activist delivered a stark message to police on how to beat gang crime yesterday.
Gina Spence, the founder of community arts organisation Gina Spence Productions, said hand-wringing had to be replaced with action.
She added: “I have been around fo...
DATE: Jan 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A date for the first new style report cards for public school- children is still up in the air, the education minister admitted yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said that discussions would begin “this week” with Kalmar Richards, the Commissioner of Education...
DATE: Jan 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Two American students were shown leniency by a magistrate yesterday after they said they could not pay a $4,000 fine for drugs offences.
Magistrates’ Court heard that first-time visitors Kyla Beckford and her boyfriend, Berlino Felix, both 22, were a...
DATE: Jan 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A 70-year old man left immobile after an operation to remove a tumour from his spine plans to walk again — and come home to Bermuda to run a half-marathon.
Battling Marvin Brock, who has late-stage prostate cancer, said: “The first thing I want to do...
DATE: Jan 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A top chef has donated more than $2,400 to a woman battling an autoimmune disease.
Michiko Campbell, who works at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and also created the Chiko’s range of rubs for meat, raised the cash through his annual Christmas charity e...
DATE: Jan 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Bermudian lawyer who got up on stage and performed with his ballet-dancing daughter after she was hit by stage fright has been named 2018 Father of Year by a top-rated American television programme.
Marc Daniels shot to international fame after a v...
DATE: Jan 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A hospital staff member was fired after a report into an alleged assault on an elderly patient, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
A BHB spokeswoman confirmed that the matter was investigated last year and properly reported.
The spokeswoman sa...
DATE: Jan 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new bus schedule has been pushed back two weeks from its promised start date of next week.
The Department of Public Transportation announced yesterday that the winter 2019 schedule planned to start on Monday would now be introduced on January 21. ...
DATE: Jan 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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The death of a 74-year-old woman involved in a fall at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has been referred to the coroner.
A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman confirmed that the matter had been sent to the coroner with the intention of determining ...
DATE: Jan 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes