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Leading scientists have gathered at the Aquarium, Museum and Zoo to participate in a workshop this week on the Island?s caves.
The workshop?s goal is to develop a strategic plan to address research needs inside our all of our caves ? in order to prop...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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A chronic staff shortage in the Police complaints department is continuing to create a considerable backlog of cases ? prompting delays in the administration of justice of up to several years in some instances.understands that the complaints departme...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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In a battle that started almost four ago, the Dental Board has now filed an appeal against a decision by a Board of Inquiry allowing English dentist Dr. David Thompson to continue working.
Dr. Thompson took the Dental Board to court in 2001 after lea...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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Government increased its budget for Education by $5.8-million from last year to $120 million, making the education budget the second largest in Government and accounting for 17 percent of the 2005/06 National Budget.
This represents the equivalent sp...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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The jokes and the wine were flowing once again at Lantana yesterday afternoon as ground was broken in the first phase of the resort?s regeneration.
The resort, which was closed in 1998 leaving behind it a legacy of quality local service, will be re-o...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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Education Minister Terry Lister has big plans for the National Training Board (NTB) which received $2,768,000 in Friday's budget.
Some of these initiatives include:
Social Policy-based Training Initiatives: In response to the Government's intent to p...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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Disgruntled Customs officers abandoned their posts for much of yesterday to attend a union meeting ? although few major disruptions were reported at the airport or the docks.
Bermuda Public Service Union officials were tight-lipped last night as to t...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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Bermuda?s supermarkets and food distributors have moved swiftly to remove any products from shelves which could potentially be contaminated by a carcinogenic dye.
The Royal Gazette reported yesterday that Britain?s Food Standard Agency issued a globa...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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The spiny lobsters found in local waters are not likely to be affected by a disfiguring disease spreading among Atlantic lobsters in New England.
Senior Fisheries Officer at Bermuda?s Department of Environmental Protection Brian Luckhurst explained t...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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Age Concern will concentrate on advocacy for the Island?s elderly and abandon an adversarial stance to allow Government?s Social Agenda time to take shape in the coming months.
A major membership drive is also in the works after the seniors? watchdog...
DATE: Feb 22, 2005
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