332 results returned for search: "education AND " author Fiona McWhirter
A cross-section of supporters who helped a back-to-school campaign raise more than $155,000 showed “Bermuda cares”, one of the organiser’s said.
Gina Spence, founder of the social services charity Gina Spence Productions, added that about 1,000 child...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
An association set up to promote the welfare of serving and former Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers has launched a scholarship fund, it was announced yesterday.
Major Preston Gill, a serving RBR officer and president of the Royal Bermuda Regiment Asso...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
The Chief Medical Officer expected to spend the past few months completing projects before she settled into retirement after a career in public health that spanned almost three decades.
But Cheryl Peek-Ball’s final stretch in the job was instead cons...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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Health
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Fiona McWhirter
A public notice was issued yesterday on the release of a sex offender from Westgate prison on Monday.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Minister of Legal Affairs, said John O’Donald Fox would live in Devonshire.
Fox, 49, was convicted of sexual assault, assaul...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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Crime
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Fiona McWhirter
Construction industry leaders are disappointed after an annual government grant set up to support training programmes was suspended because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Construction Association of Bermuda said it hoped talks with the Department of ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Three young people won gift certificates after they took part in a competition to express their thoughts on emancipation.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, congratulated first place winner Harmony Seymour, runner-up Melissa ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
The Progressive Labour Party claimed yesterday that the One Bermuda Alliance candidate selected to fight a House of Assembly seat showed “hypocrisy and cynicism”.
The ruling party hit out after it was revealed that Vic Ball, a former OBA senator, wil...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Politics
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Fiona McWhirter
The Leader of the Opposition said yesterday that he expected more politicians to resign as he revealed his party’s candidate for a by-election.
Craig Cannonier said he was “delighted” to announce that Vic Ball, a former One Bermuda Alliance senator, ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Politics
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Fiona McWhirter
A fresh call for the public, businesses and the Government to back non-profit organisations was made yesterday as they battle the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Bermuda Foundation warned in a report that the charitable sector was “lar...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A combination of home clear-outs and redecorations may have been a boost to a new shop set up to raise funds for charity.
Barbara Belton-Brown, a board member at Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda, which opened its ReStore last month, said that the vent...
DATE: Jul 29, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter