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Efforts to protect the Sargasso Sea are closer to fruition, according to Environment Minister Walter Roban.
He said that members of the Sargasso Sea Alliance (SSA) met at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences last week, to discuss how to go about p...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Health Minister Zane DeSilva called for parents to take part in free language screenings organised by Government.
Stressing the importance of language on all aspects of education, he said: “Language provides the foundation for learning the academic c...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Former Premier Ewart Brown will not be using his new healthcare company to import drugs to Bermuda from previously restricted countries, according to Cabinet Minister Zane DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly there was no connection between...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ex-Opposition Leader Kim Swan yesterday urged Government to “take ownership” for the state of the economy, in a speech which earned him loud support from former party colleagues.
Mr Swan claimed the Progressive Labour Party failed to heed warnings ab...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government’s unemployment count of 1,121 people has been branded a “significant under representation” of those out of work across the Island.
Opposition members believe the process in which the data was collected could have “flawed” the two-week unem...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Bermudians are more likely to point the finger at poverty-stricken families rather than work together to ease their suffering.
This is the view of Senator Kathy Michelmore who yesterday expressed her concerns about the lack of progress in tackling B...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The cost of healthcare was again the main contributor to inflation, statistics released this afternoon show.
According to the Consumer Price Index, the rate of inflation in May was 2.5 percent compared to 2.4 percent recorded in April.
The Health and...
DATE: Jul 06, 2011
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Other
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More than 100 Berkeley Students celebrated last week after they passed the Bermuda School Certificate Programme.
According to school principal Michelle Simmons, 122 of 131 S4 students, around 93 percent, graduated, while another 12 students who start...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Many young black men feel there’s no point enrolling at Bermuda College as it won’t give them the education they need to get good jobs, according to researchers from Columbia University.
Job opportunities are going begging because of the reluctance t...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Big Conversation on race should continue as some employers discriminate against black workers, according to researchers who investigated Bermuda's racial divide.
Columbia University scientists concluded Government should also introduce more pragm...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
