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Children as young as seven have experimented with drugs and alcohol, according to the results of a survey released yesterday.
According to the “Report of the Survey of Student’s Knowledge and Attitudes of Drugs and Health 2012”, one third of Primary ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2013
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Education Minister Nalton Brangman has pledged to raise the bar on the quality of teaching in the Island’s schools.
And he vowed to boost qualification requirements “for all subject areas and specialisations” in a bid to improve standards of teacher ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Centre Against Abuse will next week begin their fourth programme dealing aimed at tackling anger issued.
According to Laurie Sheill, Executive Director for the charity, the 12-week Relationship Education Programme for Women intended to help women...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s Aquarium is to get a new roof, Environment and Planning Minister Sylvan Richards announced.
The job has been budgeted at $2.2 million.
“The main building at the complex is rather old, and it is important that we take steps now to secure the...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013
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Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda National Association of Social Workers (BNASW) will launch a new scholarship fund on Friday, in memory of the late Ida James in recognition of Social Work Month.
Described as one of the pioneers in the field in Bermuda, Ms James also earn...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013
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Mihdi Brock, the Bermudian boy who has defied the odds by surviving almost 16 years with a rare, life threatening spinal condition is out of the woods but his mother faces a difficult decision about whether he should now undergo spinal fusion surgery...
DATE: Feb 27, 2013
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A teen was stabbed by a former friend because gang associations pitted them against one another, Magistrates’ Court heard.
Leshaun Wolffe, 17, punctured Tijuan Swan’s lung in the attack at Albuoy’s Point Ferry Terminal on August 1.
The Kitchener Clos...
DATE: Feb 27, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tougher tactics to curb bad driving have been announced by police.
Within hours of the announcement, a motorcycle rider was taken to hospital for treatment of serious head injuries, following a crash on North Shore Road, Devonshire.
Police yesterday ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2013
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Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House of Assembly,
On the occasion of my first Budget Statement as Minister of Finance, it is clear that
Bermuda faces a daunting economic challenge in the months and years ahead. The Island
is experiencing i...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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Politics
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Education has been spared budget cuts, with $145 million set aside for the year ahead.
Bermuda Union of Teachers head Mike Charles gave this year’s Budget a passing grade.
“We need all we can get,” Mr Charles told The Royal Gazette.
The figures alloc...
DATE: Feb 23, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
