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A Government programme to send behaviourally challenged students overseas for treatment has seen its funding restored.
Youth Minister Glenn Blakeney said the Psycho-Educational Programme would see its budget restored to $3.12 million for the coming f...
DATE: Feb 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Only a fraction of the Government funds set aside to overhaul the ageing Lefroy House seniors facility has actually been spent, according to Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva gave a breakdown of spending in response to criticism from members o...
DATE: Feb 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Jump rope workshops to encourage cardiac health are getting a boost from the Argus Group.
US jump athletes the Comet Skippers will be flown to the Island as part of the Bermuda Heart Foundation’s ‘Jump 2B Fit’ programme.
The Bermuda Heart Foundation ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Educators’ Council is undergoing a “restructuring”, with its offices expected to open in a new location next month.
Exemptions Committee head Helle Patterson said the BEC is to hire a new executive director, as the previous director’s con...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than $55,000 in financial awards and scholarships was given out to Bermuda College students.
The funds were contributed by 26 sponsors drawn from across the community.
Thursday’s ceremony at the college saw 36 students awarded funds to begin or ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Youth, Families and Sports walked away the biggest winner from the 2012/13 Budget, up more than 20 percent.
From last year's $62 million, expenditure for this Ministry is estimated at $75.3 million for the coming fiscal year driven la...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The skies and seas were eyed as potential sources of revenue in Government’s latest Budget Statement.
Charging a user fee for Bermuda’s commercial airspace could take in $18 million annually in just five years’ time, Premier Paula Cox told the House ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
With an estimated $191 million allocated for the coming fiscal year, the Ministry of Health has netted the biggest share of Government’s projected expenditure.
The biggest slice of that - $142.6 million - has been set aside for hospitals, where servi...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In the catalogues of figures for Bermuda’s 2012/13 Budget, sharp year-on-year differences occasionally emerge.
Spending on consultants, appears to hold steady - but Government’s anticipated spending on psychological services is set to rise from $6,00...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Struck by the plight of families struggling to pay their bills, Bermuda College student Shakir Amory came to a personal decision to give back and recruit as many people as possible to help him do it.
The 18-year-old has banded together with friends t...
DATE: Feb 25, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
