332 results returned for search: "education AND " author Fiona McWhirter
An event to help people with asthma moves to a new venue in Hamilton today.
Open Airways will mark World Asthma Day at the Victoria Park bandstand today, when information and support tools will be handed out from 11.30am to 2pm.
It comes after a two-...
DATE: May 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A World Health Organisation representative yesterday hailed the island’s Covid-19 vaccine rate as he called on residents to make sure all of their shots were up to date.
Ian Stein, the WHO and Pan American Health Organisation delegate for Bermuda, Ja...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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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
A crackdown on bad driving habits appears to have resulted in fewer crashes for the second quarter in a row, police said yesterday.
There were 243 collisions from January to March this year, compared with 306 over the first three months of 2021 and 2...
DATE: Apr 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Drive for Change
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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
A former science adviser to the Government said she was “drained” from tension that arose during planning for the return of public schools after Christmas.
Carika Weldon told Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, that she wanted to speak on behal...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An official suffered verbal abuse from some parents when children were being screened to attend schools, a testing coordinator told senior civil servants.
Tarik Bean-Darrell urged the Department of Education to address the problem when it emerged las...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A multimillion-dollar fundraising drive has been launched to revive and renovate the National Museum of Bermuda.
It is hoped that The Future of History Campaign will attract at least $8.5 million to support education programmes, development projects ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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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
It will be legal to grow and sell cannabis – if controversial legislation passed in the House of Assembly yesterday gets Royal Assent from the Governor.
The Cannabis Licensing Act 2022 would create a regulated framework for growth and sale of the dru...
DATE: Mar 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan