332 results returned for search: "education AND " author Fiona McWhirter
Golfers will tee off at an event this weekend to help people affected by substance use disorder.
Michaele Parfitt-Smith is staging the Smith-Hendrickson tournament at Belmont Hills on Saturday to mark the start of Recovery Month — observed in Septemb...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Hundreds of children will return to school next month knowing that they are well equipped for the academic year ahead, thanks to the fundraising efforts of an island organisation.
The Each One Reach One campaign, run by Gina Spence Productions, has r...
DATE: Aug 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A teenager is preparing to study at the oldest university in the English-speaking world after she secured a place at Oxford.
Sophia Banner, a Warwick Academy graduate, will begin her course in archaeology and anthropology in October.
She said: “I’m v...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
About half of schoolchildren with asthma are not listed on a register of students who have the condition, a charity has estimated.
Liz Boden, co-founder of Open Airways, said that pupils should not miss out on lessons or activities because of asthma ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A government brochure full of policy information that was already publicly available was deemed by the Opposition to be “propaganda”.
Doug DeCouto, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, added that public funds should not be spent on producing political adv...
DATE: Aug 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A teenage environmental campaigner has been awarded a scholarship to study in Canada.
Kristy Sanchez Vega, who was a Bermuda High School pupil, will work towards a Bachelor of Science in Biological Biomedical and Life Sciences at McGill University in...
DATE: Aug 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A string of questions have been asked by the shadow education minister about what plans are in place for the next academic year.
Ben Smith, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, called for information about Covid-19 rules as well as whether schools were pr...
DATE: Aug 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Barbers have returned to the list of open job categories in the latest update to extend a moratorium on new work permits for certain types of employment.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Economy and Labour said that the change was made because barbers...
DATE: Jul 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An agreement in which the United States would assist Bermuda directly in the event of a security threat is “unique”, according to the US Consul-General.
And talks about how the US would be able to help could include tabletop scenario exercises, Kare...
DATE: Jul 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An appeal has been made for the public to help a “warrior” dog and her five puppies that were rescued by an animal charity over the weekend.
The Bermuda Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said in a post on its Facebook page that the tea...
DATE: Jul 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter