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Government MP Lovitta Foggo has warned of the "negative labels" schools could end up with if their exam results are made public each year.
The Ministry of Education plans to start publishing test results in 2009 to improve accountability as part of t...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Bermuda Union of Teachers today called for the immediate resignation or removal of Philip Butterfield, chairman of the interim executive board on education.
BUT president Keisha Douglas said comments made by Mr. Butterfield on Tuesday about teachers ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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PLP press officer Wentworth Christopher has waded into the expatriate ID cards row, reiterating calls for Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards to resign.
Immigration Minister David Burch called for Mr. Richards to stand down on Monday because he like...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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Two French sailors were rescued by a merchant ship yesterday afternoon after their vessel hit a whale or other large object about 200 nautical miles off Bermuda.
The pair, travelling on the 42ft catamaran Courtship, abandoned ship just after 1.30 p.m...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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A glitch with a new Capital G credit card system has resulted in MasterCard customers from other banks getting charged two percent more than they should for purchases at Gibbons Company.
Capital G would not say how many consumers have been affected s...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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Former Premier David Saul told a meeting last night that the last time the US was in a serious recession, Bermuda responded by cutting Government spending, including freezing MPs' salaries.
Dr. Saul, speaking a day after it was revealed that MPs are ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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A guest worker was left with a shattered cheekbone and bloodied face after he was attacked with motorcycle helmets by robbers in Pembroke over the weekend.
And a neighbour who came to his aid yesterday criticised Police and ambulance crew for the tim...
DATE: Nov 18, 2008
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The Progressive Labour Party celebrated ten years in power on Saturday with the help of "son of the soil" and US politician G.K. Butterfield.
Democratic Congressman Butterfield, whose family hails from St. George's, was the keynote speaker at the 41s...
DATE: Nov 17, 2008
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Immigration Minister David Burch has called for Bob Richards to resign after he likened a plan for expatriate ID cards to “Nazi Germany” — without disclosing that one of his own companies would make $3 million from the project.
Shadow Finance Ministe...
DATE: Nov 17, 2008
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MPs are to vote on proposals to give themselves a 30 percent — or $15,000 a year — pay rise.
Elected members of the House of Assembly currently earn $50,000 annually but the Ministers and Members of the Legislature Salaries Review Board is recommendi...
DATE: Nov 17, 2008
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