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Former students of the Berkeley Institute are being challenged by the chairman of the school?s board of governors to support their alma mater by sending their children to the school.
Calvin White claims that Bermuda?s black community deserted Berkele...
DATE: Sep 08, 2006
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An independent think tank is appealing for sponsorship to carry out an in-depth review of the civil service, as one of its members claims that corruption is a problem and that civil servants are dictating policy.
Michael Markham, treasurer of the Fou...
DATE: Sep 07, 2006
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Tropical Storm Florence appears to be heading Bermuda?s way and forecast to become a hurricane but is not yet considered a threat to the Island, according to meteorologists.
Florence was 1,257 nautical miles to the south-east of Bermuda at 6 p.m. las...
DATE: Sep 06, 2006
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Affordable housing, social service provision, poverty and the plight of the elderly will be among the topics discussed tonight at the fourth sustainable development public meeting.
Theme Four of the Government?s draft Sustainable Development Plan ? p...
DATE: Sep 05, 2006
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The Government was last night accused of failing to properly consult the public about its plan to build a new $500 million hospital in the heart of the Botanical Gardens.
The Sustainable Development Round Table ? the independent team tasked with gath...
DATE: Sep 05, 2006
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Every Friday, Erica Smith?s parents invite their family to join them at their home to eat and chat and catch up on what?s been happening with them all during the week.
?We call it Soul Food Friday,? says Mrs. Smith. ?It?s my sisters, their families, ...
DATE: Sep 05, 2006
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Premier Alex Scott was effusive in his praise of Randy Horton yesterday ? despite handing him a tiny portfolio compared to the one he has handled for the past three years.
Mr. Scott told a press conference at Government House that the former Home Aff...
DATE: Sep 03, 2006
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Premier Alex Scott described new Education Minister Neletha Butterfield yesterday as having ?an almost unmatchable personal passion and dedication? to helping young people and all Bermudians.
He told a press conference at Government House that the wo...
DATE: Sep 03, 2006
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New Education Minister Neletha Butterfield described herself yesterday as "pleased" with her new position, adding that she not see it as a promotion but as an opportunity to further serve her country.
The former Senator and mother-of-three, who only ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2006
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Ousted Home Affairs Minister Randy Horton admitted yesterday that he was shocked and saddened by the Premier?s decision to move him to the Ministry of Environment in favour of union firebrand Derrick Burgess.
An ashen-faced Mr. Horton quoted Winston ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2006
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