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A private Catholic school is offering beneficiaries the chance to name its auditorium, playing field and science lab.
Mount Saint Agnes Academy has launched a campaign to raise $5 million to pay off a debt and upgrade its building and facilities.
The...
DATE: Mar 02, 2006
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Pensioners will suffer from plans to move the Bermuda Housing Corporation (BHC) from its central location to Southside, according to Opposition Leader .
Mr. Furbert told the House of Assembly on Monday that he was concerned about the distance seniors...
DATE: Mar 02, 2006
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Former UBP leader Grant Gibbons last night challenged the Finance Minister to stop ?ducking the issue? of pay-to-play lunches surrounding the Bermuda pension funds.
Dr. Gibbons, speaking in the House of Assembly, asked Paula Cox whether a review into...
DATE: Mar 02, 2006
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Bermuda?s public education system is failing high-flying students, a teacher alleged last night.
David Chapman, a science teacher at Berkeley Institute, told a public meeting at the school that poor resources meant lessons had to be constantly pitche...
DATE: Mar 01, 2006
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Bermuda is in danger of developing an underclass if it does not help its homeless population, Deputy Opposition Leader warned yesterday.
The Shadow Home Affairs Minister spoke out at a House of Assembly debate on the Government?s Budget plans for the...
DATE: Feb 28, 2006
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The new Berkeley Institute does have a list of ?deficiencies?, Finance Minister Paula Cox admitted to Parliament last night.
She told the House of the Assembly that the $125 million senior school ? now running three years late and $50 million over bu...
DATE: Feb 28, 2006
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Government was yesterday called on to explain why it has budgeted an extra $8 million this year for external consultants in the Ministry of Works and Engineering and Housing.
Opposition MPs in the House of Assembly demanded to know why the consultant...
DATE: Feb 28, 2006
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A 22-year-old man walked free from court yesterday after a magistrate ruled that a knife he carried in public was not a bladed article.
The family of Clifton George Powell Ross hugged one another as Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner made his ruling ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2006
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Tourism Minister Ewart Brown has defended his decision to use the Internet search engine Expedia as the main booking agent on the Government?s tourism website.
The Deputy Premier was criticised by hoteliers and Shadow Tourism Minister David Dodwell f...
DATE: Feb 23, 2006
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Two scholarship schemes aimed at giving more Bermudians a chance at higher education were launched yesterday. Education Minister Terry Lister unveiled the National Training Board (NTB) initiatives at a press conference at the Cabinet Office.
He said ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2006
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