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Able-bodied people who have not found employment after three months on financial assistance would be required to do up to 15 hours of community service weekly under new rules approved by MPs last night.
The change is part of a planned overhaul of the...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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The Geocaching craze is coming back to Bermuda, and Government hopes it will encourage people to really get to know the Island.
A self-guided treasure hunt, Geocaching allows people to explore places they visit using GPS co-ordinates, guiding them to...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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Tougher requirements for Financial Assistance proposed by Community Minister Wayne Scott have been approved in Parliament.
The amendment won broad support from Opposition MPs.
They include requirements that recipients register with the Department of ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 29-year-old woman has been remanded after being charged with importing cocaine to Bermuda.
Alphia Anita Rollins pleaded not guilty to charges of importing the controlled drug cocaine and possessing cocaine in St George’s with intent to supply. Both...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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Court
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Adam Leroy King has been formally charged with the murder of Verneil Richardson.
The 33-year-old Hamilton Parish resident was not required to enter a plea in Magistrates' Court yesterday, in connection with the death of the 21-year-old early on Wedne...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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A Westgate inmate posted the Island’s highest score in mathematics in the General Education Diploma and was one of 22 former and current inmantes from across the Island who graduated this month.
The prisoner’s achievement was highlighted by Michael D...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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Politics
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The Berkeley Institute class of 2013 danced till the early hours at Fairmont Southampton last night following a standing-room only graduation ceremony at the New Testament Church of God.
And, for outgoing Principal Michelle Simmons it was the last co...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Politicians have made a final decision to withdraw a proposal to expand the definition of harassment in the Human Rights Act.
The measure met with little comment from the Opposition Progressive Labour Party, which had successfully opposed the change...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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Politics
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Education Minister Nalton Brangman joined an audience of hundreds to applaud CedarBridge Academy’s class of 2013 as they graduated from senior school.
A total of 108 students received Bermuda School Certificate diplomas at yesterday’s ceremony
Addres...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A contentious debate in the House of Assembly saw amendments to the Child Day Care Allowance grudgingly approved.
The amendments put forward by Community Minister Wayne Scott gives Government the power to impose parenting classes on recipients who br...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
