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New Prisons Commissioner John Prescod has promised to boost education programmes to crack down on recidivism which runs at more than 80 percent.
And Mr. Prescod, who ran Jamaica's prisons for eight years and cut reoffending rates by 50 percent, said ...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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With their liquor licences at risk, bar owners quickly agreed to be trained by the Bermuda Police Service on the Liquor Licence Act and other related Acts.
Bartenders and bar owners for several nightclubs, and sports clubs appeared before the Liquor ...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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Premier Jennifer Smith's position as Government leader is hanging in the balance after a number of her own MPs demanded her resignation, The Royal Gazette has been told.
On Thursday night, Cabinet Ministers and Government backbenchers met at Sessions...
DATE: May 18, 2002
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Bermuda could do better in the treatment of Portuguese and poor blacks according to two visiting human rights activists.
The pair have been employed by the British Government to assess and advice on human rights issues in the overseas territories.
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DATE: May 17, 2002
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A PROGRAMME specifically geared to the enhancement of high-achievers will soon be open to local students looking to further challenge themselves academically.
The Institute for Talented Students in Bermuda hopes to identify and evaluate eligible stud...
DATE: May 17, 2002
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SAL Limited president John R. Berg said the company was unaffected by the economic turmoil following September 11 and that Bermuda's construction industry continues to thrive.
In his annual report to shareholders released yesterday, Mr. Berg said: "T...
DATE: May 17, 2002
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Paediatrician Dr. Stephen West is calling for a public education campaign on the hidden dangers of shaken baby syndrome.
Shaking a baby can cause brain damage, blindness, paralysis and even death.
Dr. West said low recorded occurrences of the conditi...
DATE: May 17, 2002
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Free blood pressure and cholesterol testing over the next three months will take place thanks to a partnership between the Department of Health's community nurses and the Phoenix Stores.
High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels are leading cau...
DATE: May 17, 2002
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Mystery last night surrounded an extraordinary meeting of the Government's Parliamentary Group at the House of Assembly - with MPs claiming it was merely a "regular meeting".
Two independent sources told The Royal Gazette that the meeting had been he...
DATE: May 17, 2002
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ONE could have dismissed the sight of young men jogging along the sand dunes on the South Shore as just another one of those arduous regimental exercises.
But to call Bermuda Football Association youth development director Kenny Thompson a sergeant m...
DATE: May 17, 2002
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Colin Thompson
