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When Philip Butterfield was a youngster growing up in Middletown, he never envisioned that his working environment would one day be a sixth floor corner office on Front Street.
But thanks to a lot of hard work and dedication, that is how life has tur...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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Parents need to be given the proper tools to tackle the issue of drug use by the Island’s youth, according to the Family Centre.
Responding to the results of the National School Survey, released yesterday, Martha Dismont of the Family Centre said she...
DATE: Apr 21, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Royal Gazette asked members of our Readers’ Forum how they have been affected by the rising cost of living in Bermuda. If you want to join our forum, e-mail jdeacon@royalgazette.bm
Danny Matthews
I accepted the call for everyone to pull together...
DATE: Apr 20, 2012
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Students are carrying guns into schools, according to a Government survey of the Island’s youth.
The National School Survey found 1.4 percent of students had taken a handgun to school in the past year; 2.9 percent said they’d carried a gun in that sa...
DATE: Apr 20, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Government yesterday confirmed what The Royal Gazette has been reporting for months now hundreds of people in Bermuda have lost their jobs.
Nearly 700 people in all lost their jobs in Bermuda last year, according to the Government, marki...
DATE: Apr 19, 2012
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Four students were presented with scholarships, courtesy of the Bermuda Shakespeare Schools Festival last year.
Berkeley Institute students Patience Lowe and Waverly Moran received $3,500 and $1,000 respectively.
Scholarships of $1000 were given to S...
DATE: Apr 19, 2012
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There were 698 fewer jobs in Bermuda last year than there were in 2010, a two percent decline.
This is the third straight year of job losses on the Island.
The figures come from a report released by the Department of Statistics today entitled, The ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Bermuda needs a national plan to help increasing numbers of people below the poverty line, according to campaigner Sheelagh Cooper.
Four years ago, the Low Income Threshold for Bermuda Households in Need study found 11 percent of families fell below ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Tim Smith
Bermuda will continue to celebrate Labour Day in September, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Patrice Minors said today.
Several weeks ago the Bermuda Trade Union Congress (BTUC) submitted a request to the Minister and Premier, to consid...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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Students from the Berkeley Institute recently won an Island-wide competition by creating a video aimed at preventing underage drinking.
The winning video, shot on school grounds by the Berkeley Institute’s Peer Helpers, was one of ten entries in the ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
