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A new Government study into young black males will be spearheaded by a Ivy League Professor. And the Premier hopes the $400,000 study will help the Government implement policies, programmes and legislation that will help bridge the gap between this s...
DATE: Sep 19, 2007
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Eighty-year-old Dr. Juanita Guishard has seen it all — from the introduction of integration in the workplace — to the introduction of illicit drugs to the Island more than 25 years ago.
To some, she embodies the struggles for equal opportunity for bl...
DATE: Sep 18, 2007
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A young man stole $510 from his former girlfriend in order to buy her an engagement ring. Jordan Smith, 20, admitted taking the cash from Kate Howarth, 18, so he could propose before she left to study abroad.
Explaining his conduct after pleading gui...
DATE: Sep 18, 2007
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The Island desperately needs more transitional living centres for addicts, particularly because the Island is filled with enablers, according to experts at a National Drug Control conference.
And members of the community dealing with addiction in the...
DATE: Sep 18, 2007
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations made an emergency appeal for nearly $40 million to aid tens of thousands of Nicaraguans after Hurricane Felix tore into their country last week.
Although insured losses from Felix have been put as low as ...
DATE: Sep 17, 2007
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Education Minister Randy Horton has been visiting the Island's public schools with his sister, the new acting Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education.
Randy and Ellen-Kate Horton travelled to schools across the Island last week. On Friday, t...
DATE: Sep 17, 2007
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Recognising that race plays a role in the education system is the first step we can take to address the problem, an overseas expert said.
More than 100 people packed the North Hall Bermuda College theatre on Friday night for the third panel discussio...
DATE: Sep 17, 2007
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The Royal Gazette's Newspapers in Education programme kicks off the new school year with a series of short stories featuring 'Kiesha the Mermaid', adapted from the screen plays written by Bermudian author Daron Lowe. The Royal Gazette is joined in th...
DATE: Sep 17, 2007
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Fed-up Berkeley students say stringent dress codes are barring them from lessons.
Three school girls, aged between 15 and 16, told The Royal Gazette they had been sent home several times this week as the school sought to impose illogical uniform rule...
DATE: Sep 15, 2007
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The motorcycle and karting track at Southside will be closed this weekend after a corner was deemed unsafe by the Karting Association.
It comes just months after Marvin "Skinny" Robinson died when his 600cc motorbike collided into a fence while negot...
DATE: Sep 15, 2007
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Stephen Wright
