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A new curriculum for public schools is to be brought in from abroad — and Bermudianised.
New Board of Education chairman Mark Byrne and Education Minister El James have revealed that a plan to rewrite the current curriculum following an audit from ov...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009
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Dakarai Smith, the first of Bermuda's quintuplets to graduate from high school, has been back at the city of his birth preparing for an exciting new stage of his life.
Dakarai was in Washington DC to sit the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) necessary f...
DATE: Mar 21, 2009
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Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons has criticised Government for the length of time it has taken to initiate a national energy plan.
Mr. Simons was responding to a Motion in the House of Assembly on Wednesday by Energy Minister Terry Lister: 'Th...
DATE: Mar 21, 2009
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A revised and rewritten set of rules for the House of Assembly will go before MPs this summer — when they could be asked to approve the opening up of parliamentary committees.
Deputy Speaker Dame Jennifer Smith and Shadow Legislative Reform Minister ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2009
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Government was yesterday forced to defer a Bill to permit gambling on cruise ships in dock after vocal objections from Opposition MPs and its own Party members.
Premier Ewart Brown allowed a vote of conscience on the Prohibition of Gaming Machines Am...
DATE: Mar 19, 2009
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Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley yesterday praised CITV, but called for a greater role for the Opposition in the television station.
Sen. Dunkley said although he had publicly opposed the Government initiative in 2007, he was so impressed by ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2009
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Veteran MP Walter Lister last night withdrew his support for the Public Account Committee to open its meetings to the public.
Committee member Mr. Lister announced he now wants to continue holding meetings in secret because he is not sure why people ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2009
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Renewed appeal to find missing men
Police are continuing their appeal for missing St. Claire McDonald Augustus.
According to officers the 55-year-old has been missing since Thursday, February 26.
"We have reason to be concerned for his well-being and...
DATE: Mar 19, 2009
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The Royal Gazette's A Right To Know: Giving People Power campaign is calling for answers to questions which we believe are in the public's interest.
We're celebrating Sunshine Week — an initiative to raise awareness about open government and freedom ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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Senate President Carol Anne Bassett has urged Bermudians to cancel their "shopping trips to New Jersey" and start preparing to be hit by the global financial crisis.
She said during an economic debate in the Upper House yesterday that the community r...
DATE: Mar 17, 2009
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