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The latest in The Royal Gazette’s series on marginal constituencies, Owain Johnston-Barnes takes a look at St David’s.
The largest constituency in terms of voter numbers, St David’s was one of the areas most affected by changes to the electoral boun...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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Politics
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Bermuda’s rehabilitation centres aren’t meeting the needs of the Island’s drug users, says the mother of a young addict who died recently.
Lynn Spencer had no idea where to turn for help when she learned her son Christopher was addicted to heroin.
“H...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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Other
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Premier Paula Cox this afternoon urged voters “not to turn the clock back” at vote PLP on Monday.
Ms Cox released a statement saying “this is the most important election since that historic day in November 1998”.
The statement said:
When you go to th...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Politics
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Is it a movement that’s here to stay — or an aberration? Independent general election candidates are convinced that their time has come and Bermuda is witnessing the beginning of the end of politics as we know it.
The reason for this, they say, is th...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Police are investigating an alleged assault on a teenaged schoolgirl by a school employee.
A spokesman said yesterday: “The Vulnerable Person Unit is currently investigating the alleged assault of a 13-year-old female student by a school employee.
“T...
DATE: Dec 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Premier Paula Cox will lead a panel discussion tomorrow featuring a panel of women running in the general election on the theme “Embracing Bermuda’s Women”.
Panelists include candidates Renee Ming, Lovitta Foggo, Patrice Minors, Dawn Simmons and Sen ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A new programme to attract Bermudians into the nursing profession has been launched at the Bermuda College.
The Nursing Education Pathway initiative has seen the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) added to the college’s offerings.
The first nursing co...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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