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A group of Sandys Secondary Middle School students leave for a college tour in Atlanta this weekend to gain “a greater appreciation” for higher learning.
The all-male contingent of 38 students were “adopted” two years ago as part of a mentoring proje...
DATE: Oct 12, 2012
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Riders raised more than $7,000 for the Bermuda Red Cross in a 12-hour spinathon at Court House Squash and Wellness Centre.
The event’s success could see it become an annual one organisers had hoped to raise $5000 for the charity. More than 150 partic...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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Health
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Government’s “excuse” that visa problems are behind the shortfall of public school teachers has been challenged by the Opposition — and by CedarBridge parents.
Asked why positions remain unfilled, a Ministry of Education spokeswoman last night reiter...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents immunised against Typhoid by the Department of Health in the past year may have to get a second shot.
The department yesterday announced that pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur had recalled batches of the vaccine administered here betwee...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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Health
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A 31-year-old who threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend was yesterday jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves said he hoped the sentence would serve as a warning to other potential abusers that “the highest authority of the land...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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Court
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Government awarded almost $19 million worth of contracts in August.
The biggest spender was the Ministry of Public Works which tendered and awarded $13,862,572 worth of contracts in August, the largest of which is a $12.9 million contract for a steam...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Government yesterday advised persons whose prescriptions were filled at Whites’ pharmacies to contact their doctor should they need more medicine.
Whites’ Pharmacy in Warwick and Whites’ Southside Pharmacy in St David’s both closed when the grocer we...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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Health
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Nine young students got an inside look at policing in Bermuda as their prize in the Bermuda Police Service’s annual “Commissioners for a Day” competition yesterday.
After getting a briefing from Police Commissioner Michael Desilva, the young Commiss...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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Plans are being put in place to tackle the social issues plaguing Bermuda, including approval of legislation that will give the Bermuda Family Council a more defined role within the community.
In an announcement made yesterday, Minister of Youth, Spo...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service responded to a report of a structural fire early Tuesday morning in Sandys.
According to a spokeswoman, the fire occurred at 1am on Sound View Road and the residents were uninjured.
Said the spokeswoman: “The serv...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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