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Ruby Creary has a photograph she cherishes of her two sons, who were born 20 years and two days apart.
It shows the eldest, Garry Cann, sharing a cuddle with his baby brother Sivaja’ Perinchief, now aged three.
The younger boy lost his elder sibling ...
DATE: Sep 06, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith handed out 45 Government scholarships, awards and loans at an event last week.
The presentations were made to the students at Camden, the Premier’s official residence, on Thursday.
Dame Jennifer said: “Every yea...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Premier Paula Cox last night promised that Bermuda’s long-awaited public access to information (PATI) law would become operational “in the second half of 2012”.
The legislation was passed in Parliament on July 23, 2010, when then Premier Ewart Brown...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ombudsman Arlene Brock has recommended a review of the education provided to Bermuda’s special needs students.
In a report recently tabled in Parliament, she outlined a complaint a mother made to her about the failure of the Department of Education t...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The three percent pension increase is “woefully inadequate” for seniors because of rising healthcare costs, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
Opposition MPs told the House of Assembly the additional funds would mean very little to seniors as mos...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The unemployed are to be given jobs cleaning up the Railway Trail in the hope that it will encourage more Bermudians to consider future careers in landscaping.
The Department of Parks is to provide out-of-work men and women with the horticultural sk...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Premier Ewart Brown will not be using his new healthcare company to import drugs to Bermuda from previously restricted countries, according to Cabinet Minister Zane DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly there was no connection between...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ex-Opposition Leader Kim Swan yesterday urged Government to “take ownership” for the state of the economy, in a speech which earned him loud support from former party colleagues.
Mr Swan claimed the Progressive Labour Party failed to heed warnings ab...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An anti-racism group wants to see better statistics collected and reported in Bermuda to help tackle the Island’s ills.
Lynne Winfield, president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB), says current, concrete information on poverty, crime, ed...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition MPs urged Government to rethink a $250 charge for every yacht passenger or crew member who wants to stay in Bermuda longer than three weeks.
Yachts can now dock here for up to three months as opposed to just 21 days but must pay the fee fo...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
