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An endurance test across the rugged terrain of Tanzania has proved an inspiration for aspiring videographer Juanee Scott.
In the process, she documented the life-changing work of a centre for children in a village in one of the world’s poorest countr...
DATE: Jan 20, 2016
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A technology camp for African students is soon to be brought home to Bermuda’s less fortunate youths.
“It was a brilliant experience, for the children and for me,” said Darren Burchall, a local educator whose Great4Learning initiative just delivered ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2016
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
Parental anxieties fuelled by rumours over possible school closures have influenced the latest public school application figures, according to one principal.
Romelle Warner, who led the School Reorganisation Advisory (Score) Committee that has just r...
DATE: Jan 19, 2016
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A dispute over a decision by the Hamilton Princess to cancel a venue for same-sex marriage opponents has flared up once again.
The hotel maintained that the original reservation had been made under an alternate name, and it later broke off the agreem...
DATE: Jan 19, 2016
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The Island has far to go when it comes to the stigma associated with seeking counselling, according to the Women’s Resource Centre.
“Speak to somebody, let someone know if there’s anything going on,” said Patrice Frith Hayward, the executive director...
DATE: Jan 18, 2016
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Local diners marked the end of an era with the closing of Dorothy’s, a well-loved café tucked away in Chancery Lane.
Its hamburgers were the stuff of legend, and the atmosphere everything guests could expect of a family business run for 40 years.
For...
DATE: Jan 16, 2016
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A move by the Bermuda Government to block unions from staging walkouts has been turned down by the courts.
However, the mass walkout in January last year over the explosive issue of continued furlough days in the public sector has been branded “unla...
DATE: Jan 16, 2016
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
Martin Luther King, Jr, the American Civil Rights leader who was assassinated in 1968, would have turned 87 today.
Dr King’s work extended far beyond battling segregation: he campaigned for economic empowerment and the betterment of inner-city commun...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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The Bermuda Government’s hiring freeze is hurting the postal service, according to the Bermuda Industrial Union.
Chris Furbert, the president of the BIU, said the service had lost 25 per cent of its staff in the past four years. There were 84 members...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
The Island’s courts have refused to grant a permanent injunction against walkouts by members of the Bermuda Trade Union Congress.
However, unions acted unlawfully in a mass walkout a year ago during a standoff with the Bermuda Government.
According t...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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