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Bermuda Sloop Foundation will receive a grant of $200,500 to continue providing voyages to middle school students, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith announced yesterday.
The Ministry will hand out a total of $430,310 in grants to external bodies...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Child abuse figures reported in Government’s Budget for the coming fiscal year contained a glitch, showing 179 less cases for 2010 than the actual figure.
Families Minister Glenn Blakeney revealed the error as MPs studied his Ministry’s spending, dur...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cash from the Education budget will be awarded more carefully to educational groups to stamp out abuse of Government’s grants system, the Ministry has announced.
Nearly $1 million will be allocated via a new fee for service model, following complaint...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Lawyer and community activist Leah Scott has been chosen as the One Bermuda Alliance’s general election candidate for Southampton East Central.
She will be contesting against the ruling party’s Stephen Todd.
Announce her candidacy, Ms Scott described...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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Politics
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Lawyer and community activist Leah Scott has been chosen as the One Bermuda Alliance's general election candidate for Southampton East Central.
She will be contesting against the ruling party's Stephen Todd.
Ms Scott who was born in the United States...
DATE: Feb 22, 2012
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Politics
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The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance are doom and gloom merchants who only criticise, according to Environment Minister Marc Bean.
Mr Bean was taking issue with Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell’s “gloss” and “spin” accusation over the 2011 arri...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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Politics
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New Progressive Labour Party candidate, Cabinet press officer Scott Simmons, is to run in the three-way showdown for Constituency 31, Southampton West Central.
It will be a race between the United Bermuda Party’s incumbent Charlie Swan, the One Berm...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Progressive Labour Party backbencher Terry Lister told MPs he didn’t support the parliamentary committee system because the Opposition used it to take “cheap shots” at Government.
Mr Lister told the House of Assembly that when the joint select commit...
DATE: Feb 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief yesterday defended Government’s handling of a controversial land policy in Parliament yesterday.
Mr Perinchief faced robust questioning from Opposition figures shortly after announcing the key changes.
But ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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Politics
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Government has acknowledged that the civil servants’ pension scheme is unsustainable and plans a review.
And it expected that the review would take place during a one-year freeze of the scheme.
This is revealed in the answers to 25 questions put to P...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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