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Twenty out of 21 primary and middle public school teachers gained a Cambridge International Certificate after taking a course this summer.
The 14- to 16- week scheme encourages teachers to refresh their approach to teaching and learning and continue ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Race is not an issue for the younger generation, according to One Bermuda Alliance candidate Anthony Francis.
Speaking at an “open mic” youth event organised by Future Bermuda Alliance the youth group of the OBA Mr Francis said that it was wrong for...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Anti-conscription campaigners are vowing to head to London’s Privy Council again after losing their latest battle in Bermuda’s Court of Appeal.
“We are very dejected, but we are undeterred,” Bermudians Against the Draft founder Larry Marshall told Th...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The goal of healthy people in healthy communities is now hammered home in a mission statement for Bermuda’s National Health Plan.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva yesterday said the mission statement, added to the plan following a period of public consul...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Despite a union vow to go down fighting, staff cuts at the Berkeley Institute were an inescapable consequence of budget cuts, according to both sides in the dispute.
Eight Bermudian support staff positions were terminated following mediations between...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Craig Cannonier sees himself as an agent of change. The newly appointed Leader of the Official Opposition has a vision of a politics which is solution oriented and rancour free.
“I think the language of parliament has to change. We’ve gone through a...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Minister Derrick Burgess has been accused of launching a “cover-up” to try to clear his name over the LED lights scandal.
The Royal Gazette has been told that Government called in Electrical Technology Management (ETM) for urgent talks as soon as we ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Bermuda’s public school teachers will have to purchase a $250 licence in order to work on the Island next year.
The fee was previously paid for by Government teachers were recently informed by the Bermuda Educators Council (BEC) that they would now ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who stabbed his estranged girlfriend to death got his 25 year sentence reduced to 21 years by appeal judges.
The judges said it would not be right for Jermaine Pearman to serve 25 years when convicted child killer Ze Selassie only got 28.
Pearm...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Difficult financial times will result in less money for the Island’s remaining veterans, according to Jack Lightbourn of the Bermuda War Veterans Association.
Speaking yesterday to the Hamilton Rotary Club in advance of Remembrance Day this Friday, M...
DATE: Nov 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
