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Housing a prisoner for one year costs more than $80,000 but the Opposition claim not enough is being done to rehabilitate inmates.
Opposition MPs were speaking during the debate on the Corrections Department, part of a five-hour debate dedicated to t...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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The 2010/11 Education budget was yesterday labelled "a charade" by the Opposition.
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons said it included cuts of millions of dollars to areas when no such cuts were intended. He said the cuts made it apparent there ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown was defeated in a heated House of Assembly vote last night, after two backbenchers condemned his bill entitling Deputy Premier Paula Cox to a pay rise.
Randy Horton and Wayne Perinchief both spoke out against the legislation, whic...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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The Opposition's arguments against FutureCare do not add up, according to the Premier.
He said their concerns that it was discriminatory did not match their complaints that there needs to be a means test for the programme.
An amendment to the Health ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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MPs have passed a Bill to ensure better collection of statistics on healthcare and insurance.
The Health Insurance (Statistical Reports) Regulations Act 2010 was approved in the House of Assembly on Monday.
It means each licensed insurer must supply ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Primary students enrolled in Government's after school programme will have to complete three hours of fitness a week.
Minister of Environment and Sports, Glenn Blakeney, announced the move in the Budget debate on Youth, Sport and Recreation. The acti...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons labelled the Ministry of Education's progress on school reforms "too slow, too little, too late".
Dr. Gibbons spoke in the House of Assembly on Monday during the education Budget debate and said on the reform p...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Bermuda's schoolchildren should reap the benefits from being taught more about their local history, according to Government MP and former educator Lovitta Foggo.
Ms Foggo says the older generation was "cheated" because in years gone by schools focuse...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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Government is attempting to re-negotiate a staff salary rise as it cuts its budget to the Bermuda College by four percent.
Education Minister El James told MPs last night: "In the 2010-11 academic year, the college will consider outsourcing some of i...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Public schools receive the majority of the Ministry of Education budget $88.5 million, or 74 percent of the funds allocated, goes directly to their operation.
Education Minister El James said the schools' budget was decreased by $2.6 million for 2010...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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