332 results returned for search: "education AND " author Fiona McWhirter
International businesses would be “more than willing” to focus a greater amount of their investments locally, the Opposition leader has claimed.
Craig Cannonier said that if industry bosses appreciated the financial benefit to their companies and had...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A team of school students helped transform the garden of a former rest home in a major project to tidy up the land.
More than 30 pupils from Warwick Academy joined Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda to battle overgrown vegetation at the vacant property....
DATE: Nov 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A change in the mindset of young people is needed to tackle violence in Bermuda, a community activist has warned.
Desmond Crockwell claimed an “aggression” that permeates the island lies at the root of attacks with weapons.
He believed incidents invo...
DATE: Nov 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Charities and other community workers had hoped the Government would outline a “more strategic focus” in its Throne Speech.
Martha Dismont, the Family Centre executive director, welcomed initiatives to help Bermudians struggling financially but said ...
DATE: Nov 14, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Parents and students can learn more about bursaries for next year’s middle school pupils at an event this week.
Mount Saint Agnes Academy, in Hamilton, will hold an information session and tour of the school on Thursday to showcase what it has to off...
DATE: Nov 13, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An environmental charity confirmed it has been forced to cut costs because of the knock-on effects of the 2008 financial crash.
Greenrock said it had taken the “difficult but necessary” decision to make the position of executive director redundant.
T...
DATE: Nov 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The executive director of an environmental charity is understood to have been made redundant.
Jonathan Starling, one of Greenrock’s two full-time staff, is believed to have parted company with the charity.
The move is thought to have been made on cos...
DATE: Oct 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda must develop a strategy to cut the cost of care for seniors and help families to look after their relatives at home, the executive director of Age Concern Bermuda said yesterday.
Claudette Fleming said the organisation had highlighted the gro...
DATE: Oct 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Lawyer Eugene Johnston revealed he relied on his support network because his family had “no ability to eat” when he found himself out of work.
Mr Johnston, who has handled a series of prominent court cases over the past decade, fell on hard times aft...
DATE: Oct 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Taxpayers will continue to “pick up the slack” if workers do not get a living wage, a public forum heard this week.
Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said financial assistance for food and housing for struggling Bermudians was ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
