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A cultural revolution is needed in the Civil Service, says SAGE Commission chairman Brian Duperreault.
He told Hamilton Rotary members yesterday that SAGE was surprised to find that creativity and innovation are not encouraged in the Civil Service.
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DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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A 10-year-old West Pembroke Primary School student was moved to donate $100 of his graduation gifts to help young people through the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
Proud parents Derek and Robin Simmons told The Royal Gazette their son Aaro...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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Futurologist and information technology colossus James Martin has died at the age of 79.
The Bermuda Police Service said that Dr Martin’s lifeless body had been found floating in the waters of the Great Sound near his Agar’s Island home at around 5....
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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Prospect Primary Preschool is set to reopen today after water/plumbing problems that forced the school’s closure yesterday.
The school was closed at noon yesterday, but a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said the issues have since been resol...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Donald Thomas III was hired as King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s highly paid chief of staff without thorough checks being made into his background, according to the new Bermuda Hospitals Board.
BHB chairman Jonathan Brewin told Health Minister Patr...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
It was a bittersweet graduation ceremony by the Adult Education School (AES) to pay homage to a student who died before he found that that he passed his General Education Development diploma (GED).
School head Donna Daniels requested a moment of sile...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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The local business community has criticised the Bermuda Industrial Union for the “unacceptable” garbage backlog situation.
Chamber of Commerce President Ronnie Viera told The Royal Gazette that the union “needs a reality check”.
“Either they are goin...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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The Island’s hospitals are facing a cash crisis that could see the Bermuda Hospitals Board go into debt within the year, according to health chiefs.
And while an increased “utilisation” of health services is partially to blame for the Island’s skyroc...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A single vehicle collision on North Shore Road in Devonshire has caused some traffic holdups in the area late this afternoon. The accident, involving a van, happened between the Jennings Lane and Store Hill junctions.
DATE: Jun 25, 2013
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Free HIV screenings will be offered on Thursday by the Department of Health, as part of HIV Testing Day.
The confidential testing will be available from 8.30am to 3.30pm at the Hamilton Health Centre on Victoria Street.
Public health nurse Kim Ball s...
DATE: Jun 25, 2013
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Jonathan Bell