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Cutbacks in prison literacy and self esteem programmes are harming rehabilitation, educators and prison experts have warned.
Last year the prison?s three, part-time literacy tutors were reduced to doing 20 hours a week each because of budgeting probl...
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Pembroke South West MP Louise Jackson says she is sorely disappointed by her first year in Parliament, but she is determined to stay in politics.
Until, that is, she can marshal some “compassion” for the Island's senior citizens.
“I'm going to stay t...
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An aggressive anti-alcohol campaign targeting youths as young as nine years old is currently being developed by the National Drug Commission.
With the 2000 Bermuda Student Survey reporting the average age a student takes his or her first drink at 10....
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Shadow Home Affairs Minister Maxwell Burgess says it could be time to scrap early release for violent offenders after a man convicted a brutal knife killing was freed after serving just over three years.
Ryan (Tiger) Ball was released in June after d...
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Bad blood continues to boil between staff and management at controversy-plagued Coco Reef as the hotel has begun laying off employees and cutting back on working hours citing low occupancy levels.
According to an internal memo from the hotel leaked t...
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Bermuda Waterworks Ltd. have been given the green light to build a 750,000 gallon drinking water reservoir at Parsons Lane in Devonshire.
The Department of Planning, which approved the application on July 28, has stipulated that the company must adeq...
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The St. David?s Historical Society is awaiting Planning approval to begin a construction project to enhance the entrance to Carter House ? the Island?s oldest dwelling.
Rick Spurling, president of the society, said the project will see the flower cen...
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Police are looking for a yellow truck which may have been used in an attempted robbery of an ATM machine on Saturday.
Thieves fled empty-handed after failing to uproot the machine by pulling it with the truck at Lindo?s Market in Devonshire.
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New Tourism Minister Ewart Brown is pushing for a relocation of the docks to spur his dream of reinvigorating Hamilton's waterfront.
He hopes Front Street can feature boardwalks where restaurant diners can enjoy sea views while they eat.
Dr. Brown to...
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DPP?s office seeks new lawyers
The Department of Public Prosecutions is advertising for three senior lawyers, including two new ones to help clear the backlog of Supreme Court work.
The department is advertising for a new Principal Crown counsel to r...
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