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Progressive Group member Erskine Simmons today called for young people to follow the example of Theatre Boycott and fight for a good cause, instead of fighting each other.
Mr Simmons marked the 52nd anniversary of the protest which brought the beginn...
DATE: Jun 30, 2011
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Teenaged boys end up being kicked out of school because of insufficient classroom support to deal with issues from their home lives, according to a new report.
Many young black males are exposed to violence and drugs or alcohol abuse in their lives, ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2011
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Shadow Health Minister Kathy Michelmore today urged Government to ensure counterfeit drugs don’t make their way into Bermuda after plans were announced to allow prescription imports from Brazil, India and Israel.
Senator Michelmore said some of those...
DATE: Jun 29, 2011
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Progressive Labour Party MP Wayne Furbert is going back to school to do a doctoral degree in international business and finance.
Mr Furbert says he’s fulfilling a lifelong dream to pursue higher learning, and is doing it by e-learning to maintain his...
DATE: Jun 28, 2011
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A man today appeared in Magistrates’ Court accused of stabbing a man near a West End bar.
La-Wayne Fubler, of Malabar Close, Sandys, is charged with unlawfully wounding a 35-year-old man with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in the area of Woody’...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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The legal executive profession is being given official recognition through legislation which passed through the House of Assembly on Friday.
Attorney General Michael Scott said the profile and professionalism of legal executives will be raised, while...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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Government has negotiated a $200 million three-year loan facility with Butterfield Bank, Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox announced this morning.
Ms Cox said the cash will cover an expected $145 million new borrowings, with the remaining $55 mi...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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Bermuda Industrial Union today ended its long-running pay dispute with Government by accepting a 1.65 percent increase.
The deal works out at $17 a week extra for every member, marginally more than the BIU had asked for in its latest bid to Governmen...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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Bus drivers will tomorrow decide whether to take industrial action over their timetable row with Government.
A work-to-rule and overtime ban are both possibilities, Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert said yesterday as he scotched Transp...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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Bus drivers could end up working to rule or banning overtime over their schedule dispute with Government, union leader Chris Furbert said today.
The Bermuda Industrial Union president said, if Government does not meet a series of demands over timetab...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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