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The One Bermuda Alliance agrees the public should have a say in whether gaming is legalised, but insist it should be by referendum rather than town hall meetings.
Shadow Tourism Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin has today questioned the way public opinion ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Politics
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Bermuda Public Services Union has vowed “a public demonstration of epic proportions” if the Berkeley Institute’s board of governors go ahead with a proposal to cut more than half the school’s support staff.
BPSU vice president Jason Hayward said yest...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
No extra cash will be given to the Berkeley Institute to ensure support staff remain employed, Government announced today.
Public schools across the Island have been asked to do “more with less”, Education permanent secretary Warren Jones said.
Mr Jo...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Other
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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith handed out 45 Government scholarships, awards and loans at an event last week.
The presentations were made to the students at Camden, the Premier’s official residence, on Thursday.
Dame Jennifer said: “Every yea...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Premier Paula Cox has visited Bermuda College to give words of encouragement to students upgrading their skills as part of a Government-sponsored back-to-work programme.
The Finance Minister was at the Paget campus on Thursday, when she told those ta...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Union executives, Berkeley Institute staff and the school’s board are to meet in an attempt to reach a deal on job cuts, the Bermuda Public Service Union said.
According to the BPSU, the school’s board last week threatened to cut eight out of 15 supp...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A brand new orphanage in Haiti will stand as a “monument” to the generosity of the Bermudian people with a new school to be built next.
Feed My Lambs charity organiser Phillip Rego said an 11-year-old Bermudian girl, Aliana King, gave him a new lease...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Berkeley Institute has proposed cutting more than half its support staff before the coming school year, the Bermuda Public Services Union claims.
Union representatives say they were surprised to learn that eight positions would be axed within one...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday celebrated the 90th birthday of one of its past presidents, Owen H Darrell.
Mr Darrell, who turned 90 on March 16, took the occasion to pass on some sage advice.
“Never grow old,” he told the Rotarians. “Just stay young...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Berkeley Institute plans to cut more than half its support staff before the start of the next school year, the Bermuda Public Services Union claimed today.
The school’s 15 custodial, maintenance, secretarial and library staff were told last week ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
