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Education Minister Tim Smith has vowed to try to raise the standard of Bermudians' college education by increasing financial assistance.
While disclosing that Government will provide close to $1.2 million in scholarships and awards this year, Mr. Smi...
DATE: Jul 10, 1998
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Berkeley Institute has agreed to take in 96 new students in September based on an assurance that it will receive the required resources.
That promise came from Education Minister Tim Smith during a meeting with chairman of Berkeley's Board of Governo...
DATE: Jul 09, 1998
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Senate passed National Pensions Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Act 1998.
In companies where there are Bermudian staff, all workers will have a pension scheme -- additional to the Government provision.
Starting in 2000, and phased in over five years, ...
DATE: Jul 09, 1998
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Former Supreme Court clerk Shawn Crockwell has put his time behind bars to good use -- becoming a playwright.
Crowckwell -- jailed for stealing drugs worth more than $700,000 -- has written a play on drug and alcohol abuse.
And now the Council on Alc...
DATE: Jul 08, 1998
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five years in Parliament's hotseat.
And MPs queued up to pay tribute to Mr. DeCouto, an MP for more than a quarter of a century.
An emotional Mr. DeCouto told MPs: "I would like to announce to this House and to my constituents in Smith's North that I...
DATE: Jul 07, 1998
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Twenty young people whose formal education could have ended a year ago will be staying on at school thanks to a successful Bermuda College programme.
The College Discovery programme -- also called the Best Steps Programme -- was initially set up to p...
DATE: Jul 06, 1998
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similar right of abode in Bermuda for the British.
For The Royal Gazette understands that some form of reciprocal arrangment will be part of any new deal on nationality.
According to UK Parliamentary insiders, the UK Foreign Office would most likely ...
DATE: Jul 04, 1998
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Berkeley Institute's board of governors has accused the Education Ministry of reneging on several promises, including providing 11 new staff members and resources for September.
And the board warned that Berkeley will not be able to accept any new st...
DATE: Jul 04, 1998
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The House of Assembly backed a new Act designed to protect children from abuse -- sexual, physical and mental.
Health and Family Services Minister Wayne Furbert said after starting the debate: "It's a very important piece of legislation.
"We're talki...
DATE: Jul 04, 1998
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institute a long term national pension scheme.
Finance Minister Grant Gibbons outlined a framework for mandatory pension during the second reading of the National Pensions Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Act 1998 in the House of Assembly on Friday.
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DATE: Jul 03, 1998
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