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Community action group Rise Above Bermuda is urging everyone to take part in a day of peace tomorrow
The group is launching the National Commitment to Non-violence Day on the birthday of US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
A spokesman sai...
DATE: Jan 14, 2010
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Race adviser Rolfe Commissiong has hit back at claims Bermuda has been badly lacking a conversation on young black men.
Mr. Commissiong said the study on black youths by Columbia University Professor Ronald Mincy — released two months ago — had opene...
DATE: Jan 14, 2010
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Tim Smith
Civil servants have been ordered to implement "austere cost savings" — including banning first and business class travel and a freeze on hiring new consultants — for the rest of the financial year.
A four-point plan approved by Cabinet to curtail spe...
DATE: Jan 13, 2010
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A Government worker who helps recovering drug addicts is in trouble with his employers after testifying for the defence in a drug trial.
The Department for National Drug Control said it's come under "heavy criticism" from the public since Sinclair Si...
DATE: Jan 13, 2010
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Four internationally-acclaimed experts on diabetes will present a public education seminar at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute tomorrow evening.
Dr. Bruce Bode is from the Atlanta Diabetes Associates, Dr. Tom Flood is from the Georgia Cen...
DATE: Jan 13, 2010
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Police have once again urged the public to slow down and drive responsibly after a week that saw 15 people injured in traffic accidents.
A further 22 accidents caused damage to the vehicles only, but their occupants escaped uninjured.
Nine people wer...
DATE: Jan 13, 2010
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Five primary schools could close and a new senior alternative school be built as the Ministry of Education looks to take drastic measures to improve student performance.
While the changes are still in the preliminary phase, some of them could be impl...
DATE: Jan 13, 2010
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Principals at public schools operate at real disadvantages to their private school counterparts, according to the head of the teaching union.
Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) General Secretary Mike Charles was speaking after Saltus Headmaster Ted Stau...
DATE: Jan 13, 2010
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Government officials and the Police will be meeting today to discuss what anti-crime legislation to put forward in February.
However, amendments to the double jeopardy laws to allow suspects to be retried for the same offence are unlikely to be inclu...
DATE: Jan 13, 2010
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More than 4,500 people were arrested last year — 1,300 more than in 2008 and the highest number of arrests to be recorded since Police began keeping records.
Speaking at the Hamilton Rotary Club weekly meeting, Commissioner Michael DeSilva also touch...
DATE: Jan 13, 2010
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