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Government needs to announce concrete plans to aid the working poor and first-time homeowners in the looming recession, economist Craig Simmons said yesterday.
The Bermuda College lecturer said tomorrow's Throne Speech should formally acknowledge the...
DATE: Nov 06, 2008
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Environmental and conservation groups have spoken of their regret at the departure of Environment Minister Elvin James.
The Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce (BEST), Greenrock, and the Bermuda National Trust commented on Tuesday's Ca...
DATE: Nov 06, 2008
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Bermuda's laws on sentencing murderers should be reviewed so judges can fix the length of time they spend in jail, a prosecutor argued yesterday.
Crown counsel Cindy Clarke made the point during the appeal of Dennis Robinson against his life sentence...
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Energy Minister Terry Lister yesterday launched a scheme to cut the carbon in Bermuda's atmosphere by planting a cedar tree at CedarBridge Academy.
Similar tree planting will take place at schools across the Island throughout the year as part of the ...
DATE: Nov 06, 2008
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Government is still locked in negotiations over the Morgan's Point/Southlands land swap but is edging closer towards a deal being struck, Premier Ewart Brown said last night.
He told members of the public in Southampton that a meeting was planned tod...
DATE: Nov 06, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown has revealed that he sacked Education Minister Randy Horton because he wasn't moving fast enough on Education reform.
However the Premier has refused to say in what specific areas Mr. Horton had failed to deliver.
He said: "I thin...
DATE: Nov 06, 2008
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A project leader tasked with reviewing the Hopkins Report's recommendations said more transparency in the Education reform process was needed from the start.
Evereth Richardson, the project leader for the Teaching and Learning Committee presented the...
DATE: Nov 06, 2008
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Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs, Dale Butler visited the Western Community Education School and said he was pleased with the classes, instructors and childcare programme.
Mr. Butler attended the classes with Senior Community and Cultural A...
DATE: Nov 06, 2008
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Three candidates entered the race for Southampton West Central yesterday.
Independent Raymond Davis, UBP candidate Charlie Swan and PLP contender Marc Bean will battle it out, with the constituency by-election less than one month away.
The December 4...
DATE: Nov 05, 2008
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Plans have been submitted to spruce up some of the Island's nature reserves.
Both the Bermuda Audubon Society and the Bermuda National Trust have applied for Planning permission to make the wonders of nature more accessible to the general public.
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DATE: Nov 05, 2008
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