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Out of almost 300 entries into this year's Tom Pettit Thanksgiving Essay Competition for schools less than ten came from the public sector.
Despite a high number of entries from CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute in the past, students at the ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2001
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Government is to bring forward the introduction of payroll tax relief to some unspecified date before January 1 - essentially accepting a plea from the United Bermuda Party in its Throne Speech reply to help businesses in this current quarter rather ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2001
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The bill to give Bermudians British passports and the right to live and work in the United Kingdom and European Union passed its final parliamentary obstacle and is likely to become law in the first half of next year.
The Overseas Territories Bill no...
DATE: Nov 24, 2001
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Government is meeting the parents of special needs children to assess how to deal with their problems, but no decision has been made about whether to put them in separate schools, Education Minister Paula Cox said last night.
She was responding to sh...
DATE: Nov 24, 2001
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Former Education Minister Milton Scott admitted yesterday that he had bought his two young Godchildren the controversial Harry Potter books - which were last week banned by a Government school.
During the Senate debate, Senator Scott said during his ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2001
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A 13-year-old Bermuda High School student was awarded a $1,000 grant for her winning essay in the Tom Pettit Thanksgiving Essay competition yesterday at Camden House.
Premier Jennifer Smith presented essay winner Madeline Gardener (pictured right)wit...
DATE: Nov 22, 2001
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Mystery last night surrounded a highly secretive meeting held by the Board of Governors at Berkeley Institute.
Members of the board refused to speak to The Royal Gazette and said they had been instructed to say nothing about the discussions as they f...
DATE: Nov 21, 2001
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All secondary school teachers and paraprofessionals from the public education system had their computer skills tested when they attended information technology workshops last week
The XL/Bermuda Education Initiative, in conjunction with the Ministry ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2001
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Shadow Home Affairs Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin wondered what excuses Government would come up with tourism if September 11 had not have happened.
And she wondered why MPs had still not taken the lead in the community by finally taking drug test...
DATE: Nov 19, 2001
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New Education Minister Paula Cox said a meeting will be held with parents of special needs children over the setting up of a special school.
She said there was a possibility of a separate school being established for disabled and special needs childr...
DATE: Nov 19, 2001
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