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Eleanor Gardner, a senior at The Johns Hopkins University, has been named Bermuda’s Rhodes Scholar for 2013.
The Rhodes Scholarship is considered one of the most prestigious academic honours, offering all-expenses-paid study for two, and possibly thr...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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Education
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Asked to assess how the crime situation has changed since the last election, Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief was characteristically blunt.
“It’s the escalation of gang violence and use of guns, which became topical in 2009. In 2010 whe...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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Politics
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Progressive Labour Party
The PLP has pledged to implement “a new national crime reduction plan with input from a cross-section of community clubs and agencies working to reduce crime”.
The party would provide the public with a crime reduction strat...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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Politics
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The governing party insisted yesterday that it was “pro-business” and rejected a suggestion that it was reframing the election as “business vs the people”.
But Families Minister Glenn Blakeney, the incumbent for Devonshire North Central, said that so...
DATE: Dec 08, 2012
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Politics
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The recession could have been worse had it not been for Government action on the economy, according to the Progressive Labour Party.
Speaking at yesterdays’ Alaska Hall press conference to highlight PLP platform initiatives and achievements, Economy ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2012
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Politics
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Elliott Primary School’s deputy head girl Xe’Azjah Paynter got a happy surprise when she found herself put forward for a Young Citizen Award by classmates and teachers for going the extra mile in school.
“You have to show kindness, be nice to your pe...
DATE: Dec 08, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Job creation is the top priority for the Progressive Labour Party should it win power for a fourth consecutive term, Premier Paula Cox said yesterday.
Ms Cox launched her party’s election manifesto called “Moving Forward Together” at Alaska Hall yest...
DATE: Dec 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance said it would create 2,000 jobs over the next five years by “implementing pro-growth economic policies”.
The figure was contained in the party’s “jobs and economic turnaround plan” to help pull Bermuda out of its financial cr...
DATE: Dec 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Ever since the Hopkins Report, Government has been hounded for taking too long to implement it. For the OBA, extra urgency comes from the 2012 Labour Force Survey.
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons said one-third unemployment among job-seekers ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Charity hiker Eric Robinson proved “the power of one person” for local youth charities, after raising more than $8,000 with a high-altitude trek in the US Sierra Nevada.
New Beginnings Education Trust’s Kerry Judd, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ber...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
