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Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief is today quitting the Progressive Labour Party to run as an Independent in the general election.
Mr Perinchief, 68, a PLP Cabinet Minister in 2006 and 2007, will take on Junior Finance Minister David Burt and t...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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Tim Smith
Seniors struggling to pay their medical fees, anti-conscription campaigners and pro-human rights groups were among the winners of Government’s Throne Speech delivered today.
The speech — the Progressive Labour Party’s final Throne Speech before the n...
DATE: Nov 02, 2012
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Friends and family yesterday paid tribute to Bermuda Zoological Society’s educational boat captain Tim Hasselbring, who has died from cancer aged 38.
Mr Hasselbring, an environmentalist and entrepreneur, was known for his infectious enthusiasm for ma...
DATE: Sep 28, 2012
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Healthcare, housing and education problems in Bermuda are to blame for mothers uprooting and starting new lives overseas, Shadow Families Minister Donte Hunt claimed yesterday.
Mr Hunt said Bermudian women who head to the UK with their children are m...
DATE: Sep 20, 2012
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Saltus Grammar School has announced an enrolment figure of 931 for the new school year, marginally higher than expected.
The school lost 47 students last year due to their families relocating, leading to the loss of five teaching assistant jobs.
Howe...
DATE: Sep 10, 2012
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
New Consul General Robert Settje is drawing on personal experience when he says gun trouble is best tackled by peaceful talks.
Mr Settje, who has arrived in Bermuda as the official United States representative, was part of a SWAT team subjected to op...
DATE: Sep 07, 2012
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Tim Smith
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons is urging Government to ease school uniform requirements to help parents strapped for cash in the economic crisis.
Dr Gibbons suggested rules could be relaxed on a temporary basis, allowing regulation sweaters ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2012
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Tim Smith
About 30 new teachers were welcomed into Bermuda’s public education system with two days of orientation beginning yesterday.
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith urged them to prepare for the ups and downs of a teaching career as she delivered rema...
DATE: Aug 31, 2012
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Tim Smith
Bermuda High School for Girls has reported a 91 percent success rate in its IGCSE results this summer.
The percentage of students claiming at least five passes at Grade A* to C is the highest of those announced in Bermuda so far, although it falls sh...
DATE: Aug 30, 2012
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Warwick Academy students recorded an 86 percent pass rate in their IGCSEs this summer.
Forty-two out of 49 Year 11 students achieved five or more passes at Grade A* to C, according to a statement from the school released yesterday.
The success rate i...
DATE: Aug 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
