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Shadow Education Minister Neville Darrell is calling for a definitive textbook tackling Bermuda?s history to be produced and included on the public school syllabus.
Mr. Darrell told there were no ?seminal texts? detailing the Island?s heritage and sa...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Premier Alex Scott hopped on board a ferry last week to show how Bermuda residents can make a daily impact on improving the environment.
Mr. Scott, who also caught a bus one day last month instead of taking his GP1 car to the office, boarded the Sea ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Islanders could be asked to make personal pledges to safeguard the environment under a new plan for the long-term future of Bermuda.
The draft document Charting Our Course: Sustaining Bermuda suggests developing a list of actions that people can take...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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The need for transparency and accountability in Government, improving the civil service and increasing Bermuda?s profile on the world stage are among the topics to be discussed at a public meeting on sustainable development tonight.
The Government?s ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Parish councils could get more powers if the Government implements proposals contained in its recently-released sustainable development draft plan.
The document Charting Our Course: Sustaining Bermuda argues that better use could be made of parish co...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Bermuda needs to keep pace with other small islands and become more active within the United Nations, according to a new blueprint for the future of the Island.
Charting Our Course: Sustaining Bermuda ? a draft strategy on sustainable development dra...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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A controversial proposal to pay top civil servants according to their performance is included in the draft version of the Government's sustainable development plan.
Charting Our Course: Sustaining Bermuda suggests that performance-related pay is need...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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The head civil servant at the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has resigned following complaints about his work ? just weeks after the chairman of the Government board also stepped down.
Executive officer David Wilson handed his notice in after a report...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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The Bermuda-based businessman ordered to pay his ex-wife one of the biggest divorce settlements in British legal history has said he will take his case to the highest court of appeal in the UK.
John Charman, 53, chief executive officer and president ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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An in-depth review of the way Government boards are appointed and carry out their work is needed, according to a new report on the best way forward for Bermuda.
Charting Our Course: Sustaining Bermuda ? a draft strategy for the Island?s long-term fut...
DATE: Aug 07, 2006
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