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Sensitivity is paramount when dealing with the loaded issue of contraception in Bermuda, according to activist Lynne Winfield.
Ms Winfield spoke in the wake of the Coalition for the Protection of Children launching an advertising campaign for its pro...
DATE: Jun 24, 2015
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A breakfast programme for schoolchildren that served almost 50,000 meals this year is going on summer break tomorrow with the close of the academic year.
The initiative, which grew by three more schools this year to eight, is already courting volunte...
DATE: Jun 24, 2015
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Advertisements promoting family planning, and reminding would-be parents of the burden of responsibility entailed in child-rearing, have begun broadcasting courtesy of the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
Based on “the reality of life in Ber...
DATE: Jun 23, 2015
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It has been 800 years since England’s unpopular King John signed the first Magna Carta at the behest of a group of rebel barons.
For 12-year-old Bermuda High School student Isabella Henderson, the occasion was a chance to reflect on one of the world’...
DATE: Jun 22, 2015
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Time limits are set to be imposed on clients of the Island’s burgeoning financial assistance programme.
Able-bodied recipients will be able to claim up to a maximum of five years, with payments reducing annually after the first year.
The amendments, ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2015
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The One Bermuda Alliance has clawed back a slim margin of popularity with voters after a poll one year ago had a 40 per cent majority throwing their support behind the Progressive Labour Party.
The Global Research poll from December 2014 also showed ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2015
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An “adventurous” Saltus whizzkid’s bid to create a student planner for mobile phones has resulted in an app that could be used in schools Island-wide.
“It’s pretty much ready,” said 13-year-old Ethan Humphrey of his Saltus app, which he developed in...
DATE: Jun 08, 2015
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A new schedule for a national census has been approved after what were initially strenuous objections from the Opposition.
In a switch from the five-year schedule set in 2002, and last carried out for the 2010 census, the count is now left to the Pre...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance last night issued a statement of support for backbencher Leah Scott, who appeared to break with party ranks during Friday’s House of Assembly.
A spokesman said Bermuda’s people wanted their elected officials to work together,...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
A “Combined Opposition” seems bent on threatening democracy in Bermuda, according to Government Senator Georgia Marshall, who suggested that the People’s Campaign was aligned with the Progressive Labour Party.
The remarks came yesterday during a bull...
DATE: May 27, 2015
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