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Government initiatives that train jobless Bermudians into wage-earning positions has received guarded Opposition support.
Economy Minister Patrice Minors has indicated that vendors able to hire and train unemployed locals will be viewed more favourab...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Stringent requirements” govern the use of unlicensed teachers in Bermuda’s classrooms, according to educators who oversee the procedure.
Helle Patterson of Bermuda Educators Council spoke out after the Ministry of Education reported 22 exemptions ha...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Education Ministry has granted 22 exemptions to unlicensed teachers, allowing them to fill vacancies in the public school system.
Seventeen exemptions were announced in the House of Assembly last week by Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
Sh...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Jamaican police may travel to Bermuda as thhey investigate the gun murder of Bermudian Karen Hudson-Lewis, the detective leading the case said.
“We are actually looking to come there and liaise with police,” Deputy Superintendent Beresford Brown told...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The economy, education and crime are “the three pillars of concern” for the Bermudian electorate, One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier told a public forum.
“People are telling us they’re confused by what’s going on, and the latest has been the...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Only a “handful” of people frequently breach their probation or parole, Attorney General Kim Wilson told the Senate yesterday.
Just four individuals were found to have been non-compliant on multiple occasions when police checked on them as part of Op...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former Senate President Alfred (Alf) Oughton was fondly recalled by family and members of the Upper House yesterday.
The 83-year-old died on Monday and a funeral date has been set for February 24.
Said daughter-in-law Nancy: “To me, most people have ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government Senator Diallo Rabain called upon workers who feel discriminated against to speak up in the wake of a human rights inquiry ruling against Apex Construction.
Shortly before the Senate adjourned, Mr Rabain declared himself “appalled, absolut...
DATE: Feb 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
St Peter’s Church in St George’s is preparing to celebrate a new jewel in its crown: the gift of an old royal title restored.
The church is launching its 400th anniversary with a service next month, to commemorate a little-known but historically sign...
DATE: Feb 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In spite of pleas for leniency, two female cruise passengers women were each sentenced to six years in jail yesterday after trying to smuggle drugs into Bermuda.
“Drug mules are never hardened criminals,” Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves told defence la...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
