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Embattled education permanent secretary Rosemary Tyrrell has been moved out of her position days after a team of experts recommended the firing of senior Ministry staff.
Ms Tyrell (pictured), who has been in the post less than 18 months, has been rea...
DATE: May 11, 2007
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Government will set up a board within three weeks to oversee a major restructuring of Bermuda’s underfire education system, Premier Ewart Brown said last night.
The move is one of ten recommendations for change following a hard-hitting review into wh...
DATE: May 10, 2007
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Hundreds of nurses across Bermuda are being thanked for all their hard work with a week-long series of events.
Nurses Week 2007 includes a church service, fun golf competition, bowling evening, a number of special lunches and other activities through...
DATE: May 08, 2007
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The rejection of Education Minister Randy Horton as a candidate in the next general election is far from a fait accompli, the Progressive Labour Party insisted last night.
It is understood Mr. Horton suffered a shock defeat to a rival candidate in a ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2007
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The Progressive Labour Party will use an independent research firm to poll constituencies before selecting its candidates ahead of the next general election.
Seventy people are formally seeking selection as candidates for the 36 seats across the Isla...
DATE: Apr 27, 2007
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Government needs to provide up to 75 affordable homes a year for the next decade to tackle rising housing costs which are crippling cash-strapped families, it was claimed yesterday.
Salvation Army boss Major Doug Lewis said increasing numbers of peop...
DATE: Apr 25, 2007
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More than a third of families’ spending in Bermuda is now going on housing — nearly double that of the US.
Mainly due to rent increases, households spent more than $740 million on housing in 2005, a rise of seven percent on the previous year’s figure...
DATE: Apr 24, 2007
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Entertainment from Gombeys, a string of speeches about Bermuda’s past and a tour of a slavery exhibition formed a vibrant celebration at Commissioner’s House yesterday.
About 150 people turned out for the three-hour commemoration the bicentenary of t...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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Bermudians will this Sunday join millions of people across the world celebrating the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade.
On March 25, 1807, decades of campaigning finally paid off when the Trans-Atlantic slave trade was banned — signalli...
DATE: Mar 23, 2007
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Film star Michael Douglas handed out certificates to a host of sponsors who have helped raise nearly $2 million for charity over 15 years.
The annual Ross (Blackie) Talbot Charity classic started out as a surprise birthday tournament for the popular ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2007
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