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The People’s Campaign has confirmed it will “engage in an escalating strategy” to get Government to resolve the issue of long-term residents gaining Bermudian status via a legal “loophole”.
But the group’s three leaders told The Royal Gazette they al...
DATE: Aug 07, 2014
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Premier Michael Dunkley has praised the accomplishments of more than two dozen private and public sector scholarship recipients at two awards ceremonies.
The National Security Minister took part in the 2014 Association of Bermuda International Compan...
DATE: Aug 04, 2014
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An African studies programme for children which was axed by the Ministry of Education five years ago is making an independent comeback this summer.
Ashay: Rites of Passage, created by award-winning poet Mwalimu [master teacher] Melodye Micere Van Put...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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A renowned scientist leading a study on Bermuda’s water quality has been killed in a landslide on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
Quebec medical researcher Éric Dewailly, 59, was one of two people who died on Tuesday when a cliff above them colla...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Bermuda Employers’ Council is to put extra effort into tackling sexual harassment after a poll revealed that a quarter of women and 18 percent of men have suffered it at work.
The survey, conducted by Global Research, asked 400 residents during telep...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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Children as young as three are taking part in substance abuse prevention programmes.
Joanne Dean, from the Department of National Drug Control (DNDC), said the programmes started in preschool and were aimed at steering youngsters away from making the...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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Thousands of primary school students are sitting a controversial test to determine if they are gifted and talented this week — but teachers in at least one school are considering boycotting the exam.
Educators at Port Royal Primary School in Southamp...
DATE: May 08, 2014
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A man who successfully sued hospital bosses after facing an “inordinate” wait for a desperately-needed operation is to share his compensation with a teenage brain cancer survivor.
Kamal Williams told The Royal Gazette he was so touched by the story o...
DATE: May 01, 2014
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More than three-quarters of Bermuda’s residents want to see a protected marine reserve around the Island, according to a poll commissioned by global activist network Avaaz.
The organisation, which this week launched an online letter-writing campaign ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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Students at an English university can take a break from their studies and enjoy some modern literature in a new reading room, thanks to a former Premier of Bermuda.
David Saul has made a donation to his alma mater, Loughborough University in Leiceste...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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