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The two parties' top ten pledges on education:
Progressive Labour Party
— Ensure technical education is taught at middle and senior schools.
— Give a free Bermuda College education to Bermudians on accredited programmes.
— Strengthen the partnership ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2007
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If schoolchildren could vote they might not be too keen on one of the United Bermuda Party's ideas for educational reform — longer school days.
But Grant Gibbons, the party's education spokesman, insists that extending the day to 5 p.m. or 5.30 p.m. ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2007
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The Attorney General yesterday celebrated the achievements of nine civil servants who have gained The Institute of Legal Executive Certificate in Paralegal Studies.
Phil Perinchief, Minister of Justice, said those who completed the course had "raised...
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When Fern Wade started working with the homeless 30 years ago there were 55 people she knew to be living rough.
"Now there are about 300 known people living on the streets," she says.
The Royal Gazette caught up with her in Court Street on Saturday a...
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A new GP3 has been driving up and down the roads in the run-up to the election — but this one isn't a plush, dark blue Government car.
Kim Swan, of the United Bermuda Party, has taken to the streets on a single-seater rental bike adorned with a homem...
DATE: Dec 17, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown last night reached out to core Progressive Labour Party supporters with pledges to help the poor, avoid giving thousands of foreigners Bermudian status and refrain from introducing "draconian" measures on crime.
In a televised ele...
DATE: Dec 17, 2007
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Tim Smith
The two parties' top ten pledges on education:
Progressive Labour Party
— Ensure technical education is taught at middle and senior schools.
— Give a free Bermuda College education to Bermudians on accredited programmes.
— Strengthen the partnership ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2007
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Keisha Douglas knows her stuff when it comes to public schools.
The new president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers has worked in education for 13 years, mainly as a teacher but also as a mathematics adviser at the Ministry of Education.
She was made ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown last night remained silent about his promise that a five-star St. Regis hotel would be confirmed for Club Med a week and a half after December 5.
The Premier had told a Progressive Labour Party meeting in Southampton 12 days ago: ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2007
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Much has been said about how young voters will affect this election but little has been heard about the gender factor — yet there are nearly 2,800 more female Bermudian voters than male voters according to 2000 census figures.
And while the Parliamen...
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