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A new Centre for Justice will soon be up and running, to promote understanding of human rights and the law through education and advocacy.
The centre, which is a non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan organisation, is the brainchild of former ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2011
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The One Bermuda Alliance agrees the public should have a say in whether gaming is legalised, but insist it should be by referendum rather than town hall meetings.
Shadow Tourism Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin has today questioned the way public opinion ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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Politics
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Bermuda Employers’ Council welcomed Government’s plans to retrain unemployed workers as it noted the Island unemployment problem spreads wide.
BEC, which has previously estimated 3,000 people have lost jobs in a two-year period, said the recent Unemp...
DATE: Aug 05, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The average age of unemployed people is 38, according to Government’s recent Unemployed Registration Drive.
Just over 1,000 people registered at the initiative designed to find out the needs of those who have fallen victim to the economic crisis, Eco...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox last night promised that Bermuda’s long-awaited public access to information (PATI) law would become operational “in the second half of 2012”.
The legislation was passed in Parliament on July 23, 2010, when then Premier Ewart Brown...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
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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Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
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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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
Government will create a Bermuda Technical Institute for the 21st Century through its Jobs Corps programme, Community Development Minister Michael Weeks said yesterday.
And Mr Weeks revealed a series of adverts promoting the value of ‘working with yo...
DATE: Jul 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
