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Statisticians in the States are to reassess their estimate of Bermuda's infant mortality rate after it was discovered that their assumptions may be based on outdated information.
A row broke out on the Island earlier this month about the number of ba...
DATE: Sep 30, 2008
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The outgoing executive officer of the National Training Board has warned that Bermuda could be at risk of developing a "permanent underclass" unless more people are given the opportunity to improve their job skills.
Mike Stowe, who leaves the NTB tom...
DATE: Sep 29, 2008
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When Michael Stowe walks out of the doors of the National Training Board for the last time tomorrow after eight years as executive officer, he'll take away the sense of a mission accomplished.
He talked to The Royal Gazette about his time in charge,...
DATE: Sep 29, 2008
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The grandson of alleged elder abuse victim "Auntie Em" denied yesterday that she ever ate cockroach-infested food, was forbidden from using the bathtub or was uncomfortable around her son-in-law.
Patrick Hayward Junior, whose 96-year-old near-blind g...
DATE: Sep 24, 2008
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Enrolment at Bermuda College has risen dramatically this semester — and education chiefs said it was largely thanks to the free tuition now on offer.
The publicly-funded community college has seen a 25 per cent increase in overall enrolment this mont...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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A senior social worker told a court yesterday that she had never seen a 94-year-old woman living in such conditions as "Auntie Em" and that the widow's home was not fit for human habitation.
Dennika Williams, case manager at the National Office for S...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Enrolment at Bermuda College has risen dramatically this semester — and education chiefs said yesterday it was largely thanks to the free tuition now on offer.
The publicly funded community college has seen a 25 per cent increase in overall enrolment...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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Local charities reliant on help from exempt companies could be badly affected by the collapse of insurance giant AIG and the deepening US financial crisis, according to experts.
The Centre on Philanthropy — which coordinates the giving of some $18.5 ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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Education Minister Randy Horton has travelled to Washington, DC to attend the Global Summit on Education 2008 and hear about inclusive practices for disabled students.
The Minister announced at a press conference that he had received an invitation to...
DATE: Sep 20, 2008
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Police officers have accepted a pay rise from Government effectively giving them what they were demanding before the dispute was sent to arbitration.
Bermuda Police Association (BPA) had demanded a seven percent increase for each of the last three ye...
DATE: Sep 19, 2008
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