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Bermuda should legalise marijuana, bring in a minimum wage and spend more money supporting talented young athletes and musicians, MPs were told.
Graeme Outerbridge and Ras Mykkal two citizens concerned about the Island’s spiralling crime rate gave pr...
DATE: Nov 29, 2010
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons urged Government to release the full results of proficiency tests.
On Friday Dame Jennifer Smith outlined the results of several exams public school students sat, but Dr Gibbons said the full results should hav...
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Opposition MP Grant Gibbons was denied in his attempts to squeeze information about a proposed national health plan out of Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
In a Ministerial Statement on Friday, Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly the recent Health Fin...
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Race adviser Rolfe Commissiong has upset Progressive Labour Party MPs by aggressively targeting sitting MP Ashfield DeVent in Pembroke South East.
Mr Commissiong is said to have yelled across Cabinet grounds at the end of the Throne Speech earlier th...
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A Hamilton Parish man was fined a total of $2,500 for drug possession when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court last week.
Dwight McGowen, 38, of West Crawl Hill, admitted possessing cannabis on July 4 at the Royal Artillery Club, in St. George’s a loca...
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Bermuda pays the second highest amount for health care in the world, but has a life expectancy similar to Korea and the Czech Republic.
Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson spoke on the rising costs of health care in the House of Assembly on Friday ...
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A man was paralysed after being hit in the neck by a bullet during a double shooting early on Saturday.
Police revealed the news this morning, and also stated that neither victim is believed to be a gang member.
Detective Chief Inspector Nicholas Ped...
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Students need to take advantage of the Bermuda College for its high quality and low costs, according to former Education Minister MP Randy Horton.
Speaking in the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr Horton praised the “outstanding institution” for leadin...
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A Bermuda group dedicated to encouraging responsible alcohol behaviour is today launching an interactive campaign warning people about drinking too much just in time for the Christmas season.
Today the CADA Facebook site will launch a question of the...
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A day care provider sued the Health Ministry after being ordered to shut down when a child’s safety was at risk.
Families Minister Glenn Blakeney revealed the Department of Health issued an order for the provider to cease operations when the well-bei...
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