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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons has welcomed an ongoing review of special needs education in the public school system, calling it “necessary and long overdue”.
The review began earlier this year following a recommendation in Ombudsman Arlene ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2011
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Local businesses will play a key role lining young people up for long-term careers under the Island’s Jobs Corps vocational programme.
Community Development Minister Michael Weeks said Government wants to tap into the knowledge and expertise of the b...
DATE: Jul 30, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Embarrassing mistakes in Tourism’s ‘Go To Bermuda’ promotional website emerged during a lengthy House of Assembly review of the Island’s air arrival figures.
The errors were highlighted when Shadow Tourism Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin tabled a motion ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government should be giving all businesses a helping hand to try to secure Bermuda’s economy rather than limiting help to specific areas.
This was the view of Opposition politicians in the Upper House as they debated a revised bill to give more power...
DATE: Jul 27, 2011
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Lives are being put at risk as drivers blatantly ignore the rules of the road, according to Senator Michael Dunkley.
The Shadow National Security Minister has hit out at drivers who are repeatedly breaking the law as they travel across the Island.
Se...
DATE: Jul 27, 2011
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Politics
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The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute has made enough behind-the-scenes savings to ‘unfreeze' the position of occupational therapist.
Government Senator Cromwell Shakir has praised the staff at MWI for successfully coming up with innovative ways to ma...
DATE: Jul 27, 2011
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Politics
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Legislation to bring Bermuda’s public accountants in line with European requirements has been unanimously waved through the Senate.
There was little debate among politicians as the Bermuda Public Accountability Act passed through the Upper House on M...
DATE: Jul 27, 2011
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Politics
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The Opposition criticised Premier Paula Cox for her response to a report on a $10 million overspend on a Government project.
Ms Cox revealed on Friday that she could set up a special team to investigate her predecessor Ewart Brown’s emissions testing...
DATE: Jul 27, 2011
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Politics
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Government needs to do more to encourage people to travel by water in an attempt to ease congestion on Bermuda’s roads.
This is the view of Opposition politicians who told the Upper House they want to see more being done to increase the number of loc...
DATE: Jul 26, 2011
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Politics
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The plight of Bermuda’s young black males was debated at length by politicians in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The debate came during a motion on Government’s efforts to implement the recommendations of the Mincy Report.
The report, handed to Gov...
DATE: Jul 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
