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Friends and co-workers of Marcus Gibbings have unveiled details of a lasting tribute that will help others in the field he loved.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the day that Mr. Gibbings, 32, was found stabbed to death inside a Devonshire ap...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007
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Education Minister Randy Horton insisted yesterday that graduation rates were not being fudged or inflated before admitting that the 58 percent pass rate claimed for 2006 includes students who took an extra year to complete their Bermuda School Certi...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007
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Officials at the Bermuda Cement Company (BCC) — Bermuda's only cement producer — renewed warnings their current lease dispute could result in escalated cement prices and job losses.
Last week, the West End Development Company (Wedco), landlord of the...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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10.5 percent increase ---- Initial Charge $3.75 $4.14 ---- First Mile $5.75 $6.35 ---- Second Mile $7.75 $8.56 ---- Third Mile $9.75 $10.77 ---- Sightseeing $36.00 $39.78 ---- ** These rates represent fares of one to four passengers bet...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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Taxi fares are to increase by 10.5 percent from December 1 but this will bring "improved service for visitors and residents", Government promised yesterday.
Premier Dr. Ewart Brown announced a package of measures aimed at easing the grumbles of cabbi...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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The much-maligned Bermuda School Certificate could be scrapped and replaced with an internationally recognised qualification, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Henry Johnson, the Government's new $250,000-a-year education consultant, told this newspaper ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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Ever the showman and smooth operator, Dr. Brown appeared to be on sparkling form as he delivered his barnstorming address to the PLP faithful last night.
Little did they know that he was actually battling a nasty bug that left him hoarse and looking ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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The Voters' Rights Association (VRA) has stepped up criticism of the state of the Parliamentary Register.
As previously reported, the VRA detailed concerns about Bermuda's official list of voters last week. In a letter to Parliamentary Registrar Rand...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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A points system to penalise law-breaking drivers is to be introduced next week to crackdown on bad driving.
Drivers will now receive points on their licence every time they are caught speeding or violating other traffic laws.
Once they reach 12 point...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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Local Heroes and heroines were honoured at the Government House yesterday for risking their lives to save others. Ten residents were honoured by Acting Governor Mark Capes for various deeds of heroism at the annual Bermuda Bravery Awards ceremony. Th...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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