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Bermuda will be borrowing ideas from anti-gang initiatives in the United States as authorities try to get to grips with the Island's spiralling gun violence.
Methods championed by the Interagency Anti-Gang Task Force yesterday included Brooklyn's Sav...
DATE: Jun 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Health Minister Kathy Michelmore yesterday warned alarming obesity statistics could be about to get even worse as she urged Government to expand a new schools wellness programme.
Junior Health Minister Cromwell Shakir had said about 14 student...
DATE: Jun 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Legislation tightening up Bermuda’s laws over adoption and psychological practice passed through the Senate yesterday.
The Psychological Practitioners Amendment Act firms up requirements on qualification, training and experience.
Junior Health Minist...
DATE: Jun 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A former United Bermuda Party politician is to manage a $1 billion budget as a director at a Canadian government health agency.
Neville Darrell has been appointed to the South East Local Health Integration Network in Ontario, and begins the voluntary...
DATE: Jun 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The future of our Island is at stake as budget cuts are wrongly targeting the educational needs of our children.
This is the view of Government critics who are calling on the Ministry of Education to rethink the job losses of scores of teachers. They...
DATE: Jun 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The Education Department today issued a statement over reports of teacher job losses.
We reported today that scores of teachers have had their jobs axed as the Ministry of Education continues to try to slash millions of dollars from its budget.
Th...
DATE: Jun 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith stressed the importance of focusing on children’s development as she recognised the Week of the Young Child yesterday.
In a ceremony on the steps of the City Hall, Dame Jennifer introduced the theme for the wee...
DATE: Jun 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A legal battle has been launched between a teacher and the Ministry of Education.
Special needs teacher Claudia DeSilva accuses the Ministry of “unfair, unlawful and completely biased actions” after she was suspended for “harmonious reasons” pending...
DATE: Jun 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Scores of teachers have had their jobs axed as the Ministry of Education continues to try to slash millions of dollars from its budget.
Emotional scenes took place at primary, middle and senior schools across the Island as principals told their staf...
DATE: Jun 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Education Minister Jennifer Smith today proclaimed this week ‘Week of the Young Child' saying she was a “firm believer that children deserve to be celebrated 365 days of the year”.
The Bermuda Association for the Education of Young Children is spearh...
DATE: Jun 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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