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Walton Brown renewed his call for resolution on the issue of election candidates declaring their interests in Government contracts.
The Progressive Labour Party paid for a newspaper advertisement listing its candidates interests prior to the general ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s adoption of the Cambridge International Curriculum (CIE) was given high marks by Education Minister Nalton Brangman.
The Island’s middle school M3 students are to sit their first examinations under the new curriculum next week.
Middle schoo...
DATE: Apr 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance has now acknowledged that it made a mistake when it claimed that Government has expanded the school day.
The idea, promised during the election campaign, “has yet to make it off the drawing board,” said OBA Chairman Thad Holl...
DATE: Apr 12, 2013
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Politics
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Francis Richardson has been appointed permanent secretary for the Ministry of Tourism Development and Transport.
Cabinet Secretary Donald Scott announced the appointment yesterday.
Said a Government spokeswoman: “As Permanent Secretary, Mr Richardson...
DATE: Apr 12, 2013
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Other
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When Lynn Spencer’s son Chris died of an apparent heroin overdose, aged just 25, she was determined it would not be in vain.
In lieu of flowers, the devastated mother-of-two appealed for donations to a charity which helps young people stay drug-free ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre and public health consultant Betsy Baillie received top honours at the Ministry of Health’s annual Public Health Awards ceremony.
The presentations were made by Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin at the Bermuda S...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Three men have been jailed for five years each over a bloody public melee that erupted at a Good Friday function.
The “impulsive, criminal” machete and knife attack happened after D’Angelo Clarke’s necklace was snatched from him outside Southampton R...
DATE: Apr 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Opposition Leader Marc Bean last night defended his party’s time in Government, while calling for constructive input from the community.
Speaking to more than 100 people at a town-hall meeting held at the Warwick Workman’s Club, Mr Bean said the Prog...
DATE: Apr 10, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Acting Minister of Community and Culture Leah Scott recently marked Social Work Month with a donation to the newly launched Ida James Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Ms Scott read a proclamation officially declaring March Social Work Month 2013, and made ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The One Bermuda Alliance has responded with silence to a request to clarify its claim that it has lived up to its promise to expand the school day.
“A longer school day has been expanded, to provide more time for sports, music, arts and remedial supp...
DATE: Apr 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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