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There has not been enough improvement in Bermuda's below standard literacy statistics over the past few months, according to Education Minister Milton Scott.
And he added that much of the responsibility for abysmal reading figures should be placed on...
DATE: Nov 15, 1999
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More than $158,800 has been notched up by Government Ministers on trips overseas in the first six months of the current financial year, it was revealed yesterday.
And the news means Government has already exceeded the annual Cabinet Office travel bud...
DATE: Nov 13, 1999
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United Bermuda Party outsider Trevor Moniz yesterday tore into Government's first-year record during the marathon Throne Speech debate in the House of Assembly.
Noting a B-minus mark in an opinion article in a Bermuda newspaper from a Progressive Lab...
DATE: Nov 13, 1999
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glance appear to contradict each other.
Former Education Permanent Secretary Marion Robinson declared, at a Hamilton Rotary luncheon, that Bermuda's youngsters were still divided along socio-economic lines.
As a result of this, she pointed out, publi...
DATE: Nov 12, 1999
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sail through their midterm break.
Expert instruction from Gus Miller, a former sailing coach of the US Olympic Team, saw the teachers brave the cold waters of Hamilton Harbour as they learned first hand how to capsize.
Education Minister Milton Scott...
DATE: Nov 09, 1999
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the result of arbitration over their work hours.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers and the Government are expected to discover the decision of arbitrator, Postmaster General Clevelyn Critchlow, in the next few days.
And today and tomorrow, most of the Is...
DATE: Nov 08, 1999
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The cost of living in Bermuda has gone up marginally, with the latest figures showing a 0.1 percent increase inflation to 2.7 percent.
According to the Bermuda Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics, the increased cost of food, rent, transport and health c...
DATE: Nov 08, 1999
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The rules of the political game should be rewritten to allow more open Government, Opposition Leader Pamela Gordon said yesterday.
And Ms Gordon said Ministers should be more accountable to the House of Assembly -- with questions allowed after offici...
DATE: Nov 06, 1999
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Mr. Speaker: As we begin a new legislative session, the Opposition remains hopeful and vigilant.
Hopeful that the Progressive Labour Party Government will indeed fulfill its repeated Throne Speech pledges of "accountability, transparency and fairness...
DATE: Nov 06, 1999
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in Britain will not be passed for more than a year, it was revealed yesterday.
And the UK has cleared up confusion over the offer of full UK citizenship with a promise to give a blanket grant -- with the option to opt out if wanted.
Premier Jennifer ...
DATE: Nov 06, 1999
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