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Health Minister Zane DeSilva called for parents to take part in free language screenings organised by Government.
Stressing the importance of language on all aspects of education, he said: “Language provides the foundation for learning the academic c...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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Former Premier Ewart Brown will not be using his new healthcare company to import drugs to Bermuda from previously restricted countries, according to Cabinet Minister Zane DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly there was no connection between...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ex-Opposition Leader Kim Swan yesterday urged Government to “take ownership” for the state of the economy, in a speech which earned him loud support from former party colleagues.
Mr Swan claimed the Progressive Labour Party failed to heed warnings ab...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Realtors, a campaigner and the Opposition have all welcomed news that Government has set up a working group to conduct an urgent review of controversial land policy rules.
Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief announced the move in the House...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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Rigorous investigations of past projects are on the cards after Premier Paula Cox gave details on her plans to stamp any unethical behaviour out of her Government.
Ms Cox yesterday tabled Good Governance legislation introducing a ream of measures, in...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Taxpayers are paying for Transport Minister Terry Lister to spend nearly a week in Florida for the lift-off of a space shuttle, which will take just seconds.
The people of Bermuda will foot the bill of thousands of dollars for the “ministerial jaunt”...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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Health Minister Zane DeSilva’s move to allow generic drugs into Bermuda while former Premier Ewart Brown sets up his own healthcare agency underlines the need for transparency, according to Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz.
Mr Moniz also question...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government’s unemployment count of 1,121 people has been branded a “significant under representation” of those out of work across the Island.
Opposition members believe the process in which the data was collected could have “flawed” the two-week unem...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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Politics
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Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief has set up a working group to conduct an urgent review of land policy rules relating to Bermudians, permanent residency certificate holders and expatriates.
In a speech he’s due to deliver in the House o...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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One Bermuda Alliance MPs will give cautious support today to a change in the law to allow people to tap into their pension funds to avoid being evicted from their homes for non-payment of rent.
The amendment was tabled in the House of Assembly last w...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
