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Government is being urged to make cannabis immediately available for medicinal use, decriminalise personal possession of the drug as a priority, and consider eventually legalising it completely, according to an independent advisory group.
The finding...
DATE: May 12, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Former Education Commissioner Edmond Heatley did not receive a severance package after controversially resigning from the post last month.
And Education Minister Grant Gibbons has also confirmed that the Ministry was unaware of a survey which, accord...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
PRIDE Bermuda’s Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) initiative has received a boost after the anti-drug group received a donation allowing them to expand the programme to Elliot Primary school.
Executive director Judith Burgess said she...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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Minister of Community, Culture and Sports Wayne Scott today launched the National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Campaign — an attempt to increase public awareness of teen pregnancy.
The campaign was kicked off at the Teen Services headquarters at Fort Ha...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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A primary school has delayed giving its students a controversial test to find out if they are gifted after teachers complained.
Thousands of primary school students were scheduled to sit the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) this week in order ...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Any changes to the laws regulating the use of cannabis will only be made “in a measured fashion with careful consideration of the Bermudian context”, National Security Minister Michael Dunkley has said.
Mr Dunkley spoke after a report by the Cannabis...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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Thousands of primary school students are sitting a controversial test to determine if they are gifted and talented this week — but teachers in at least one school are considering boycotting the exam.
Educators at Port Royal Primary School in Southamp...
DATE: May 08, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Stefan Burgess’ mother Andrea reflects on loss, justice and her sadness for gunman’s family
By Owain Johnston-Barnes
The mother of murder victim Stefan Burgess said the conviction of Julian Washington for the shooting would help her family move on, b...
DATE: May 08, 2014
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Bermuda joined countries around the world in celebrating the joy of breathing freely as the Island marked World Asthma Day.
More than 9,000 locals suffer from asthma, which Health Minister and asthma sufferer Trevor Moniz warned is a growing worldwid...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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Health
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“Misinformation has been circulating” on Government’s scholarships and awards programme, according to Education and Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons.
The Minister offered a breakdown of spending in the wake of fresh controversy over the de...
DATE: May 06, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
