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Hopes of a release from prison, a lighter sentence or a re-trial have all been dashed for 40-year-old Richard Steede and his cohort 41-year-old Lang Onley, when Court of Appeal judges threw out the pair's appeal.
Steede and Onley were convicted in Se...
DATE: Mar 21, 2001
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Schools the world over are facing increasing problems with children who can hardly read or write. Reporter Karen Smith looks at what Bermuda is doing to stop youngsters falling through the net into illiteracy.
For some children, the act of picking up...
DATE: Mar 21, 2001
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An Opposition senator has accused some parents of failing to take an active role in their children's education.
And Opposition Senate leader Maxwell Burgess said parents must fulfil their role if the public education system is to improve.
During the ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2001
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Tanesha Gilbert doesn't want anyone to feel sorry for her -- she just wants to put her family back together.
The clean cut and well-spoken 24-year-old seems uncomfortable taking her story to the Royal Gazette . But she also has the resolve of a perso...
DATE: Mar 19, 2001
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Action Plan for Children, but said adults should be teaching young people how to respect each other.
And she said Members of Parliament should be leading the way and setting a good example when they addressed each other.
The action plan, which serves...
DATE: Mar 17, 2001
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to all and Dame Commander of the British Empire -- Marjorie Bean died on Thursday night in King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Dame Marjorie, best known for her tireless work in Bermuda's educational system, was born on May 25, 1909 in Pembroke parish...
DATE: Mar 17, 2001
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comprehensive education in a hard hitting speech to MPs yesterday.
And he said it was wrong to axe entrance exams just because they were deemed discriminatory to black males.
He told the House of Assembly yesterday: "In 1992 the secondary school entr...
DATE: Mar 17, 2001
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Opposition Senator Maxwell Burgess has called for both major parties to come together in a conference to hammer out whether Bermuda should push for independence.
He said both the Progressive Labour Party and his own party, the United Bermuda Party, s...
DATE: Mar 14, 2001
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necessary in this year's budget because past Governments convinced people that income taxes were "evil''.
Senator Calvin Smith said Finance Minister Eugene Cox had to spend in the budget because he faced the "extraordinary challenge'' of trying to ac...
DATE: Mar 13, 2001
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A recently completed survey on literacy suggests that Bermuda's students are better behaved and as motivated to learn as those in other parts of the world.
Education Minister and Senator Milton Scott told the Senate yesterday that a British consultan...
DATE: Mar 13, 2001
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