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A former primary school head teacher has criticised Government for testing six-year-olds, claiming it will have no benefit to their education whatsoever.
Mervyn Moorhead, who worked at St. George's Prep School for 38 years, said, in his experience, n...
DATE: Jun 07, 2001
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Digital recording of court proceedings will soon be a reality after the Senate approved a law making it all possible yesterday afternoon.
The Evidence Amendment Act was not contentious. Opposition Sen. Mark Pettingill, a lawyer, said it would take Be...
DATE: Jun 07, 2001
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A law meant to bring rooming houses under Government regulation was passed by the Senate yesterday but not before being described as a "nice piece of politics" by Opposition Sen. Maxwell Burgess.
Sen. Calvin Smith defended the legislation saying that...
DATE: Jun 07, 2001
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A march from Victoria Park to Parliament planned by men fighting for equal rights in child custody matters failed to get moving this week.
The march was proposed by Alvin Goulbourne of the Fathers Resource Centre, but due to busy schedules, it was po...
DATE: Jun 07, 2001
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Government's annual financial statements will be released faster than ever before, Accountant General Anthony Richardson told Hamilton Rotarians yesterday.
He said he aims to have the statements finished by June instead of September.
The current proc...
DATE: Jun 07, 2001
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Education Minister Milton Scott has responded to concerns about his plans to test six-year-olds on the Island.
He said it was not the test that was important - but what was done with the results.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) has raised concern...
DATE: Jun 06, 2001
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Allison, the first tropical storm of the season, is not considered a threat to the Island at this time.
At last report, the storm was moving north from the Gulf of Mexico toward the United States.
The storm was producing gusts of 60 knots and maximum...
DATE: Jun 06, 2001
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St. George's Preservation Authority was granted an injunction yesterday stopping Government from continuing work at the historic Old Town post office.
Conservationists have reacted with outrage to news that the roof and cedar beams have been removed ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2001
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The man accused of a brutal sex assault last October claims his only interaction with the victim was to try and help her.
And, although a hat found at the scene of the crime contained DNA evidence linking him to the assault, the man said he has many ...
DATE: Jun 06, 2001
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Broken families are the root of all social ills facing Bermuda, according to former Cabinet Minister Arthur Hodgson.
And among his solutions is an end to discrimination against fathers who invariably lose custody of their children in divorce cases.
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DATE: Jun 06, 2001
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