226 results returned for search: "" category "General" author Fiona McWhirter
Two sessions to help women achieve financial independence will be run as part of the latest calendar of events from the Women’s Resource Centre.
Angela Joell, an education and investment manager at Argus Group, will tailor special courses to suit wom...
DATE: Apr 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Parking enforcement is being carried out by a City of Hamilton team again after a five-month hiatus.
The officers were among five staff hired last August but stopped issuing tickets in November until legislation was changed.
A city spokeswoman said l...
DATE: Apr 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A charity that renovates unsafe homes for families will tackle a backlog of cases after it completed a major project to provide housing for mothers and their children.
But Sheelagh Cooper, the chairwoman at Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda, said that ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A course that starts next month will help youth workers and teachers to support young people who are healing from difficulties in their lives.
The Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community has opened registration for the nine-we...
DATE: Apr 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police have named a man and a woman who died after separate road crashes at the weekend.
Wayne Augustus, 51, lost his life after a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Southampton in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Hannah Jimenez-Flood, 42, was se...
DATE: Mar 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Seniors can learn about using social media online at a Safer Internet Day tomorrow.
The free, annual event hosted by the Government will be at St Paul’s African Methodist Church’s Centennial Hall, from 10am until 2pm.
A spokesman said that the sessi...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Campaigners will raise awareness about coercive control in relationships at two panel talks within the next two weeks.
The Women’s Resource Centre has invited residents to a virtual discussion about relationships on Thursday and speakers from the UK ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A recommendation was made for the Ministry of Finance headquarters to “seek training and support” to help maintain residents’ rights to ask for access to records.
Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, included the suggestion in a decisio...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A conservationist said he was “disheartened” by people who tried to swim alongside humpback whales as they passed the island.
Andrew Stevenson warned that it could be distressing for the creatures and that their behaviour was unpredictable.
He said: ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A survey of charities and other non-profit organisations is expected to gather information about working practices and demographics in the sector.
The Non-profit Alliance of Bermuda has launched the study to “capture much-needed data”.
Kendra-Lee Pea...
DATE: Mar 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter