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A Warwick Academy student has become the first at the school to earn the highest possible results in the International Baccalaureate Programme.
Fiona Dobson scored 45 out of a possible 45 points, putting her in the top 0.3 per cent of students.
Acco...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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The president of the Parent Teacher Association at Prospect Primary School has defended the Department of Education’s consultation process over the transfer of its principal Shangri-La Durham Thompson.
Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association has w...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Schools need free-to-use computer software to help students learn the skills they need to thrive in the technologically advanced world, according to Bermuda Parent Student Teacher Association chairman Harry Matthie.Mr Matthie, a programming and engin...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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Coral expert Thad Murdoch has warned that Bermuda’s reef system would end up a flat, algae-covered rockscape if parrotfish were fished to any great lengths.
He was speaking after the Fisheries Department found more than 40 speared parrotfish, a prot...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Royal Gazette’s website has been undergoing system alterations. Delays in accessing the website or any of its stories are expected to last no more than 24 hours. We apologise for any inconvenience.
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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Premier Michael Dunkley is set to meet with United Airlines executives tomorrow to discuss reinstating winter flights.
The meeting — set to take place in Chicago — will also involve the Minister of Tourism Development and Transport, Shawn Crockwell, ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2015
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Shadow Home Affairs Minister Rolfe Commissiong voiced concerns that too many students had been turned away from the summer employment programme under the National Training Plan warning government “not to set the bar too high that it puts out qualifie...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Fans turned out in force at Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club to cheer for their team yesterday, undaunted by the surprise gun attack a few days earlier that left a 40-year-old patron fighting for his life.
“It’s a harsh thing for sure — at Bailey’s Bay we a...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
The Senate has unanimously approved amendments intended to modernise the land valuation process.
The Land Valuation and Tax Amendment Act 2015, tabled by Lynn Woolridge, is largely intended to update the existing legislation.
Among its modifications ...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A MarketPlace employee who sold Christmas trees at a discounted rate because he felt sorry for people who could not afford them has been given an absolute discharge.
Esra Barnett, 29, had previously admitted the theft of 23 trees from Shelly Bay Mark...
DATE: Jul 06, 2015
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Court
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