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Able-bodied people who have not found employment after three months on financial assistance would be required to do up to 15 hours of community service weekly under new rules approved by MPs last night.
The change is part of a planned overhaul of the...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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A Westgate inmate posted the Island’s highest score in mathematics in the General Education Diploma and was one of 22 former and current inmantes from across the Island who graduated this month.
The prisoner’s achievement was highlighted by Michael D...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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A contentious debate in the House of Assembly saw amendments to the Child Day Care Allowance grudgingly approved.
The amendments put forward by Community Minister Wayne Scott gives Government the power to impose parenting classes on recipients who br...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Anti-gang education programmes will be reintroduced in Bermuda’s schools in September in conjunction with the Bermuda Police Service.
Trained officers will directly engage with school students “to further stem the tide in the growth of the gang cultu...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Schools are to be directly targeted by police as part of the fight against gang crime, Minister of Public Safety Michael Dunkley told to the House of Assembly this morning.
Mr Dunkley said: “On the intervention front, I am pleased to advise Honourabl...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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Politics
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The Opposition Progressive Labour Party will table a motion in Parliament today calling for a Select Committee on Elections.
The motion, to be introduced by Shadow Education Minister Walton Brown reads:
“Whereas ensuring integrity and transparency i...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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Politics
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Government must implement “legislative options including affirmative action style programmes” to close the gap in wage disparities on racial lines, Rolfe Commissiong believes.
The move would ensure equal opportunity and racial equity in Bermuda where...
DATE: Apr 12, 2013
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Politics
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Walton Brown renewed his call for resolution on the issue of election candidates declaring their interests in Government contracts.
The Progressive Labour Party paid for a newspaper advertisement listing its candidates interests prior to the general ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The One Bermuda Alliance has now acknowledged that it made a mistake when it claimed that Government has expanded the school day.
The idea, promised during the election campaign, “has yet to make it off the drawing board,” said OBA Chairman Thad Holl...
DATE: Apr 12, 2013
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Politics
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Opposition Leader Marc Bean last night defended his party’s time in Government, while calling for constructive input from the community.
Speaking to more than 100 people at a town-hall meeting held at the Warwick Workman’s Club, Mr Bean said the Prog...
DATE: Apr 10, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
