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Ministry support staff will operate out of Government schools in the next academic year, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith said yesterday.
Dame Jennifer gave an update after 100 days of being at the helm of the Ministry of Education.
She added:...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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The US praised Bermuda’s Government for taking quick action when it discovered local companies were insuring Iranian shippers suspected of acquiring nuclear weapons related materials.
Yesterday evening three more classified internal US State Departme...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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Two roads will be closed this weekend due to construction and trenching work in the City of Hamilton.
Parliament Street between Victoria and Dundonald Streets will be closed to traffic in both directions between 6am and 10pm tomorrow.
The closure is...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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Economy Minister Kim Wilson has extended a moratorium on work permits for skilled labourers, landscape gardeners and cleaners.
Ms Wilson told a press conference yesterday the moratorium had been extended for another three months.
“The reality is tha...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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Politics
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An anti-racism group has logged a complaint with the Commissioner of Police after learning some black males had allegedly been unfairly targeted for stop and searches.
Cordell Riley, a member of the advocacy group at Citizens Uprooting Racism in Ber...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A motorcyclist who knocked over a pedestrian when he was one-and-a-half times the alcohol limit has been jailed for 15 months.
Ashley Redmond, 41, hit Sylvan Dill, 47, in the middle of a pedestrian crossing. Mr Dill, a father-of-seven, suffered a dou...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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Court
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Birdwatchers yesterday spotted the first longtail of the year, suggesting a cold and rainy winter might be nearing an end.
Andrew Dobson, president of the Bermuda Audubon Society, noticed a longtail in the air near Church Bay yesterday morning.
“Smal...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cooper’s Island could be used by a European space agency to track rockets the Government revealed yesterday.
The agency in question was not revealed. It is the second space agency that has expressed interest in Cooper’s Island, the site of a US NASA ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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Premier Paula Cox said Government was having a “radical rethink” about the Civil Service as her administration “re-calibrates” ministries.
Ms Cox and her Government ministers yesterday outlined the progress they have made since she became Premier thr...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Speculation was mounting last night that Government could be about to announce a special development order (SDO) for Tucker’s Point resort.
Environment Minister Walter Roban refused to comment yesterday on whether such a statement was likely to be ma...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
