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- Improved standards - particularly in the middle schools - would lead to better graduation results.
- The quality of teaching is poor and has contributed to the “widespread under-performance” in public schools
- Principals need to spend time in clas...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Aon Corp., the world’s second-largest insurance brokerage, said first-quarter profit rose 7.6 percent on higher revenue from fees and commissions.Net income climbed to $213 million, or 66 cents a share, from $198 million, or 57...
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Four of Bermuda’s public schools are failing and most of the others are merely satisfactory or worse, according to what Premier Ewart Brown last night dubbed the “most meaningful and comprehensive” review ever conducted of the education system.
The h...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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HOP on board the North Hamilton Train Tour every Thursday night and learn more about the historic significance of the area.The train tours, launched this week by the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, will take guests and locals on a 105-m...
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For weeks anticipation mounted for the wide-ranging and in-depth review on the state of public education to be unveiled.
Members of Parliament referred to the review, adverts were placed in local media and people attending public meetings were told i...
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OSLO (Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest offshore oil driller, said it expects to win more contracts a day after securing $970 million for one of its rigs, sending shares up by the most in seven months.Bermuda-registered Seadrill a...
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A person broke into a Long Ridge Pass, Devonshire residence, taking a quantity of jewellery and cash.
Police spoke with the victims who said sometime between 9.15 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesday, someone entered their home while they were away. Police a...
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Delirium
(Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 320 pages)
Translated by Natasha Wimmer HOW can a young, beautiful woman slip from sanity into madness over the course of a few days? What sudden trauma pushed her over the edge? What long-hidden scars rose up to s...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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NEW YORK — Don’t kids deserve better than this?After decades of television being vilified far and wide as bad for our children, the Federal Communications Commission last week released a report on TV violence and its impact on kids that reached the n...
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Concern about higher claims being made in marine insurance will be at the forefront of discussion when the first TradeWinds Marine Risk Forum is held in Bermuda at the end of next week.
The shipping industry newspaper is convening a two-day conferenc...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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