332 results returned for search: "education AND " author Fiona McWhirter
Pupils and prisoners have been helped by a community group that launched campaigns to provide computers and books.
The Grateful Bread rallied supporters, who paid for 20 Chromebooks for children and donated boxes of books to Westgate inmates.
The gro...
DATE: Oct 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A teacher said he hoped to research how the island’s history, culture and geography affected how teenagers looked for help with mental health problems.
Daniel Cavanagh, a PhD student, added he had started a literature review to establish the need for...
DATE: Oct 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Staff and parents at a primary school were alerted yesterday to a potential exposure to the coronavirus.
A letter from the office of the Chief Medical Officer revealed there was a possible risk at West Pembroke Primary School.
It said that the Minist...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
People lined the roads to show their support for Olympic gold medal hero Flora Duffy when she returned home to Bermuda.
A motorcade made its way from the airport through eastern parishes, across to Warwick Academy via Darrell’s Wharf and back into Ha...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Women chosen for a charity-run course to help them change their lives completed it with new qualifications, increased confidence and employment.
Success stories from the Transformational Support Services programme even included the launch of a new bu...
DATE: Oct 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The island’s healthcare system could collapse “in the near future” without action, MPs heard yesterday.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, told the House of Assembly that the coronavirus pandemic had put strain on the health service and exposed area...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A charity leader said her organisation was an “outlet” for women who faced challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Tina Laws, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, which is today launching a series of webinars, explained t...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A review of children’s advocacy agencies included five jurisdictions across the world, a social development and seniors ministry spokeswoman said.
Commissions in Jamaica, England, Jersey, Malta and Australia were studied to help set up a replacement ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 30 services and programmes are offered to help people in the island’s prison system, a Government spokeswoman said.
She added that a refusal to take part in some core courses could affect release dates and parole chances.
The Department of ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An absence of traditional political boundaries is often a key feature of Bermuda lobby groups.
Some representatives said that they attracted support from across society and were confident that grass roots organisations made an impact.
A spokesperson ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter