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Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley today announced a new gun bounty initiative, that will offer cash rewards to get firearms off Bermuda’s streets.
He would not state exactly how much informants would be paid, only that the pay outs would be sign...
DATE: Apr 12, 2013
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Government must implement “legislative options including affirmative action style programmes” to close the gap in wage disparities on racial lines, Rolfe Commissiong believes.
The move would ensure equal opportunity and racial equity in Bermuda where...
DATE: Apr 12, 2013
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Politics
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St George’s Preparatory School’s parent-teacher association is pulling out all the stops to raise $100,000 to build a multifunctional sports court the entire community can enjoy.
Preparations are now underway for a massive fundraiser on May 11, the O...
DATE: Apr 12, 2013
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Education
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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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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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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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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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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
