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Opposition MP Rolfe Commission welcomes confirmation and calls on Govt to get private sector buy-in
By Jonathan Bell
Dropping the Job Corps initiative would leave Bermuda with another lost generation, warned Shadow Workforce Development Minister Rolf...
DATE: Mar 18, 2013
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Politics
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Ambitious young footballer Kiuno Cann is aiming for the top of his league — but school comes first for this Pembroke teenager.
“I do believe that education is the most important thing — but my long term goal is professional football,” Kiuno told The ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Income and education are the top determinants in both the health and health spending of Bermuda’s residents.
The Health Disparities Report 2013, released yesterday by the Bermuda Health Council, shows the extent to which social and economic forces af...
DATE: Mar 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A five percent pay cut agreed by parliamentarians a year ago to appease angry unions has been ditched by the One Bermuda Alliance.
Premier Craig Cannonier insisted last night Government was “prohibited from opting to keep the reduced salaries” in pla...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Declaration comes as $100 million in supplementary budget estimates are presented to Parliament
By Ayo Johnson
Finance Minister Bob Richards tabled close to $100 million of supplementary budget estimates in the House of Assembly yesterday.
But the ne...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Politics
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A rethink on the status of the municipalities is on the cards for the Opposition Progressive Labour Party.
As Government, the PLP pushed through what some considered radical reform of the municipalities. But there was always a school of thought which...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Bermuda College is looking to “internationalise” the campus with a cultural exchange programme.
Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons told the House of Assembly that cultural exchange programmes will be introduced and the College will also “inv...
DATE: Mar 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Opposition MPs yesterday called on Government to reverse course on its scholarship funding.
Speaking for the Education Minister in the budget debate, Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons said that Government has decided to restrict the annual...
DATE: Mar 12, 2013
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Politics
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A group of Bermuda schoolchildren yesterday visited the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The trip to the two-day convention was organised by the Global Arts Foundation. The children witnessed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon make an opening ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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An expanded work experience programme and a hall of achievement highlighting alumni success stories are among the proposals for the coming year.
And Mr Francis yesterday vowed that 85 percent of the class of 2014 would graduate with honours as a resu...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
