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Government has doled out $58,500 in further education awards to para-educators seeking to become fully qualified teachers.
The question was raised by the Opposition United Bermuda Party during parliamentary question time on Friday.
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DATE: May 31, 2004
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A child who was not expected to live past his second birthday celebrated his seventh birthday on Bermuda Day.
Mihdi Brock (pictured) suffers from progressive kyphoscoliosis, a complication that developed as a result of a major birth defect. In Wester...
DATE: May 31, 2004
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Almost half of Bermuda's public school students left school without completing their BSSC in 1998 and 1999, Government reported on Friday.
The numbers improved slightly in 2000 and 2001, with 65 and 66 percent respectively graduating compared to the ...
DATE: May 31, 2004
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Government yesterday denied charges of "capitulating" to teachers' demands in the recently concluded pay dispute, and announced that the dispute had forced the cancellation of system-wide end-of- year student tests.
In a statement to the House of Ass...
DATE: May 29, 2004
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The battle is over and the St. George?s Prep parents have won.
But, concerned with ?the legality of the decision?, Education Minister Terry Lister announced a judicial review will be conducted of the Appeals Committee ruling on the issue.
Even as mem...
DATE: May 29, 2004
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Legislators passed a bill increasing pensions paid out to seniors by nine percent yesterday.
But Government was reminded that eventually contributions would have to rise too and criticised the measures as a short term fix of a desperate administratio...
DATE: May 29, 2004
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Ninety eight Bermuda College graduates walked across the stage yesterday to receive their diplomas at the 2004 commencement ceremony. To bright sunshine and rounds of applause from faculty, family members and Government leaders, including former Prem...
DATE: May 28, 2004
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Fourteen new buses were unveiled by Transport Minister Ewart Brown yesterday, complete with special safety features that were deemed necessary after six-year-old Tyaisha Cox was killed while crossing a street last summer.
"Manufactured in Germany by ...
DATE: May 27, 2004
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The Opposition United Bermuda Party yesterday called on Government to make a statement accepting the decision of the Appeals Tribunal on St. George?s Prep.
Education Minister Terry Lister was due to make an announcement last week on whether the schoo...
DATE: May 27, 2004
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Government said last night the teachers' pay award would not pressure the public purse - despite an overall cost increase of 4.3 percent.
On Tuesday night teachers ended their work to rule after accepting a deal of 4.1 percent for September 2003 to 2...
DATE: May 27, 2004
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