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A Premier’s question period is to be introduced in the House of Assembly starting next month.
Speaker of the House Dennis Lister Jr told Parliament the question period has been approved for the second sitting each month.
It will be attached to the qu...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt urged against a culture of fear as he claimed the time is right to consider constitutional change.
The Premier kicked off a conference on the Bermuda Constitution of 1968 today by calling for debate on the set of principles many have claim...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Steam education will be implemented at primary schools across the island, education minister Diallo Rabain said.
Mr Rabain said children would benefit academically and behaviourally through the Steam method, which focuses on a collaborative approach ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Healthy Schools Awards ceremony put on by the Department of Health at The Bermuda Society of Arts, City Hall, this week honoured schools which consistently promote health to its students and staff.
Schools targeted five specified categories of h...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
By-election winners Curtis Dickinson and Scott Pearman were sworn in as MPs today.
Mr Dickinson, who won Warwick North East for the Progressive Labour Party last night, and Mr Pearman, who held Paget East for the One Bermuda Alliance, were straight i...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The company behind plans for a solar plant at the airport has met with the Ministry of Finance to explore avenues for Bermudians to invest, Walter Roban told MPs.
The transport minister said Canadian-based Saturn Solar Bermuda 1 will build the projec...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Public Works is advising motorists that on June 19th through July 10th there will be a one-lane road closure on Harbour Road, Paget for planned construction works.
Construction works will get underway at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, June 19th ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The Bermuda Constitution of 1968 was crafted to “maintain the status quo”, even as it advanced voters’ rights, a visiting academic has said.
Nicola Barker, an expert on human rights and constitutional law, is among the speakers at a conference on the...
DATE: Jun 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers conceded his union was to blame for a lack of meetings with the Ministry of Education.
Shannon James said yesterday that the BUT had met with Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Develo...
DATE: Jun 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley’s ruling in favour of marriage equality prompted a loud round of applause from the public gallery yesterday, and an even more joyful reaction outside the courtroom.
Campaigners who launched the legal battle against the Attor...
DATE: Jun 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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