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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith has released a series of teacher and student numbers for the Island’s public schools.
Dame Jennifer gave the number of teachers employed during the 2011-12 school year as: 53 for preschools; 303 for primary scho...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two of Bermuda’s broadcast stars will be incarcerated at a jail cell in Fort Hamilton today as a forerunner to this year’s Celebrity Lock-Up fundraiser.
Patrina O’Connor, better known as Power Girl from Power 95, and Mr Magic from Irie FM98.3 will fi...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Concerns on Bermuda’s youth, as well as the Island’s gang problem, can be aired at a public forum in St Paul AME Centennial Hall.
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief has called the meeting, Community Action in Gang Prevention, for 7pm tomorro...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government initiatives that train jobless Bermudians into wage-earning positions has received guarded Opposition support.
Economy Minister Patrice Minors has indicated that vendors able to hire and train unemployed locals will be viewed more favourab...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Stringent requirements” govern the use of unlicensed teachers in Bermuda’s classrooms, according to educators who oversee the procedure.
Helle Patterson of Bermuda Educators Council spoke out after the Ministry of Education reported 22 exemptions ha...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has harshly criticised Government over its latest financial results.
And it has charged that a proposal to public sector workers to freeze pension contributions in exchange for a pay cut is a strategy to avoid rais...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Government is pulling out all the stops to ensure buses are up to par for another bumper cruise ship season.
The committment comes after Bermuda made international news headlines last year when angry cruise ship passengers were left stranded without ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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It gives a whole new meaning to doing the End to End ...
In fact, this may be the quickest End to End in history just 360 seconds.
Armed with a special strap-on camera, Royal Gazette journalist Josh Ball rode his bike the length of the Island, and wi...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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Other
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Poor weather has forced the cancellation of some ferry services.
A Transport spokesman said that due to the current inclement weather and until conditions improve, all Pink Route stops except for Salt Kettle have been suspended.
Green and Blue routes...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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Other
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The golf courses at St George’s and Horizons should be re-opened and restored to help promote the Island as a golfing destination, according to Kim Swan.
Mr Swan, who was elected as a UBP MP, said Bermuda has invested a great deal upgrading its go...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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