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A 15-year-old schoolgirl has organised a youth conference to tackle controversial subjects with respect for different views.
Katherine Tobin, a pupil at Somersfield Academy in Devonshire, said the conference would discuss topics such as race, gender ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Clara Hallett, a historian, author and genealogist dubbed “the Index Queen”, has died. Ms Hallett was 92.
Known as “Keggie”, she worked on local historical records, along with her late husband, Archie Hallett, the first president of Bermuda College.
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DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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Bermuda High School came out top in the National Debate Tournament at the weekend.
Both the senior school and middle school finals resulted in an all-BHS line-up competing for the honours in “very close” debates.
But Gladstone Thompson, president of ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Ross Tuzo, a master carpenter and saxophonist from the heyday of local music, has died. Mr Tuzo was 90.
He was also a prolific letter writer to The Royal Gazette in correspondence that spanned decades.
Topics ranged from politics, particularly the Pr...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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Universal Children’s Day was celebrated yesterday by Family Centre with a fundraiser at its premises on King Street.
The charity also thanked its donors in a gathering at Sunshine League House.
Children’s Day was created by the United Nations in 1954...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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Roland Skinner, a photographer who showcased the island’s beauty in sweeping aerial shots, has died.
Mr Skinner was 78. His pictures, many of which were taken from aboard a helicopter, featured in international publications.
Mr Skinner got his start ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018
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A 42-year-old man was found dead at a Sandys apartment today.
Police made the grim discovery at about 11.15am after they were called to check on the man’s welfare.
He was pronounced dead at the scene in the parish’s Somerset Road by an on call doctor...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018
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David Burt, the Premier, is to host a public forum this evening to discuss plans from the 2018 Throne Speech.
The town hall meeting will be held in the Berkeley Institute cafetorium, starting at 6.30pm.
The event will be streamed live on Government’s...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two people escaped injury tonight after their car burst into flames in Warwick.
Lieutenant Russann Francis of the Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service confirmed the two occupants of the car got out of the burning vehicle unhurt.
She added that firefighters...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018
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Care Learning Centre, the alternative school for senior school and young adult students, is holding its 18th annual tag day this Thursday.
The Thanksgiving fundraiser will support the school’s scholarship fund.
The theme for the day will be “thank yo...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell