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Only half-marks were awarded to the Throne Speech from seniors advocate Claudette Fleming.
She said Government’s agenda for the coming year “embodied a status quo, conservative ideology with a great deal of emphasis on private sector business”.
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DATE: Feb 11, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Government must act quickly on its Throne Speech pledge to add technical skills to the school curriculum, the Bermuda Education Network believes.
The One Bermuda Alliance promised on Friday that it would “introduce an integrated technical curriculum ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2013
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In a testament to the generosity of everyday people, a single primary school took in more than $10,000 over just two weeks to help Sandys 360.
The West End community centre is still tallying the funds raised in Friday’s epic “swim-a-thon” — but Purvi...
DATE: Feb 11, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
With air passenger numbers flagging, the Bermuda Government had to pay out millions to airline companies to cover the cost of North American routes in 2011 and 2012.
Canadian airline WestJet alone received more than $3.6 million in three separate pay...
DATE: Feb 11, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Government’s vow to reopen the Medical Clinic drew whistles and applause from those present for the reading of the Throne Speech.
But Age Concern director Claudette Fleming sounded a note of warning last night about “the potential of creating a two-t...
DATE: Feb 09, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
A winter storm battering the East Coast has caused travel chaos for thousands and left many Bermudians stranded at home and abroad.
Some 3,500 flights in the US had been cancelled by yesterday evening, with another 1,200 predicted to be cancelled tod...
DATE: Feb 09, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
Emergency medical responders took too long to reach this week’s fatal industrial accident at Morgan’s Point, a worker from the site has charged.
Three police cars arrived shortly after the accident but EMTs hadn’t shown 20 minutes later, the man clai...
DATE: Feb 08, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
A masked man grabbed a store owner in a chokehold, then threatened him with a handgun, during an armed robbery in St David’s.
The man was working in the St David’s Variety store with his pregnant daughter at about 9.30pm on Wednesday.
The store owner...
DATE: Feb 08, 2013
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The devastated widow of Millard Bean said her husband experienced a spiritual rebirth after her son’s road death last month.
Lorrie Bennett-Bean was yesterday consoled by friends and family at the home she and her husband had lived in near Bailey’s B...
DATE: Feb 07, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who used his four-year-old son to send death threats to his former partner has been jailed for two years.
Sahkai Weeks, of Fentons Drive, Pembroke gave the child three handwritten letters addressed to Renee Williams, threatening to kill her.
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DATE: Feb 07, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
