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Seafaring students from St. David's got to model brand new foul weather gear given to the Spirit of Bermuda during a five-day voyage on the sloop.
The 21 boys from Clearwater Middle School, aged 12 to 13, went out on the vessel last week for an educa...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
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Apart from a pledge to introduce "master principals" in schools, education got little more than a passing mention in yesterday's Throne Speech — prompting criticism from both opposition parties.
But new Minister Dame Jennifer Smith told a press confe...
DATE: Nov 06, 2010
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She was wearing the kind of hat that could stop traffic — but the cars in Hamilton had already been diverted to allow Premier Paula Cox to make her way to the Cabinet Office lawn yesterday.
The Island's new leader, decked out in bold electric blue an...
DATE: Nov 06, 2010
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A promise to bring in whistle-blower legislation was absent from yesterday's Throne Speech — despite it being outlined in the National Plan presented to the PLP by Premier Paula Cox last week.
Ms Cox had told her party at its annual delegates' confer...
DATE: Nov 06, 2010
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A Police officer accused of kicking a young father with "tremendous force in the face" told a court yesterday he did no such thing and was himself assaulted by the complainant.
P.c. Richard Geraghty said Troy Smith threatened him with a stick, poked ...
DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4: A Police constable told a court today how he was threatened with a stick, poked in the eye and attacked with a rock by a man he was trying to arrest.
P.c. Richard Geraghty also described how Troy Smith later called him a “white ...
DATE: Nov 04, 2010
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Bermuda Democratic Alliance leader Craig Cannonier last night questioned why Premier Paula Cox has rewarded former Ministers who previously "failed to protect the public purse" with new Cabinet posts.
Mr. Cannonier described the team selected by Ms C...
DATE: Nov 04, 2010
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Senator LaVerne Furbert last night described Bermuda Democratic Alliance leader Craig Cannonier as "just a voice crying out in the wilderness" after he questioned the Premier's choices for the Upper Chamber.
Mr. Cannonier issued a statement criticisi...
DATE: Nov 04, 2010
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New Tourism Minister Patrice Minors intends to review all of the contracts the Department of Tourism has with private companies — and she may scrap the Love Festival.
Ms Minors, whose new Ministry also takes in Business Development, told The Royal Ga...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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The five female Ministers in Premier Paula Cox's new Cabinet hold all the key portfolios, according to former PLP politician Renee Webb.
She told The Royal Gazette yesterday she was delighted to see so many hard-working women in the 13-strong team as...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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