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Jeff Baron, the Minister of National Security, has emphasised the importance of making positive life changes to students at Port Royal Primary School and Dellwood Middle School.
He was speaking after the schools’ Great (Gang Resistance Education and ...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The rusted building materials by the St George’s swing bridge are a “precautionary measure” while strengthening work takes place, the Ministry of Public Works has said.
A spokeswoman added that although the Bailey bridge materials were originally in...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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With the arrival of the June sunshine yesterday, The Royal Gazette took to the streets of Hamilton to ask visitors for their first impressions of Bermuda.
Sergio Gonlance, from Columbia: “This is my first time being in Bermuda and it is paradise. We...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The plight of schoolchildren left without proper meals has prompted a helping charity to remind the community of means of assisting families directly.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children reported fielding a host of offers for help in the wak...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Governor George Fergusson has paid tribute to two sailors with strong Bermuda ties that perished in the infamous Battle of Jutland during the First World War.
Mr Fergusson’s comments came as a special service was held in Orkney on Tuesday to mark the...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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Bermuda’s overburdened care home system has “collapsed”, leaving many elderly Bermudians “virtually refugees in their own country”, a seniors advocate has claimed.
Carol Everson, a welfare caseworker for the Bermuda Legion, called for a drastic over...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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Other
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Jennifer Gray will step down as executive director of the Bermuda National Trust at the end of July.
Ms Gray has held the position for the past eight years. Members of the charity were informed of her decision to resign this week.
In a letter written...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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An “adventure conservationist” group has declared the inaugural Devil’s Isle Challenge a success, raising awareness and funds to support conservation.
The event, hosted by Plastic Tides, was described by organisers as an “elite endurance race” with p...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s roads are still in a “pretty appalling” state in some areas despite improvements in others, according to James Jardine.
Speaking in the Senate yesterday, the independent senator congratulated the Ministry of Public Works on getting to g...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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People are warned to look out for counterfeit $50 notes that are in circulation.
The Bermuda Police Service advises the serial number is #A1596737, and that anyone who receives one should hold on to it, note the description of the individual who tend...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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