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A long-standing volunteer for the Mirrors programme is one of The Royal Gazette’s photographers, Glenn Tucker.
With the launch this week of The Royal Gazette’s one-year campaign in support of Mirrors, he spoke of his many experiences since he first b...
DATE: May 01, 2012
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Mark Charley’s work with Uncommon Results has taken him from prisons to boardrooms.
He created the Island’s Mirrors programme on the back of that success and has found Bermuda’s children a pleasure to work with.
“I love working in Bermuda,” said Mr C...
DATE: May 01, 2012
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Mirrors intern Lindley (LJ) Scott Jr volunteered for Mirrors in 2009 and was so impressed with the programme that he signed on as a participant.
“I never had problems,” Mr Scott said, describing himself as someone with questions about himself.
Volunt...
DATE: Apr 30, 2012
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“Mirrors is not for ‘bad’ children,” explained graduate Zana-Kay Douglas. “The Mirrors programme is for self growth and development. You set goals and say ‘this is who I choose to be’. And you keep on improving.”
Now 18-years-old, Ms Douglas was a st...
DATE: Apr 30, 2012
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Launched in 2007, the Mirrors programme was one of the first initiatives under the administration of Premier Ewart Brown.
But attempts to get the personal transformation scheme in place for Bermuda’s youth had been frustrated for more than a decade b...
DATE: Apr 30, 2012
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The Royal Gazette today launches its most ambitious fundraiser ever: a $1 million campaign in aid of Bermuda's at-risk youth
This newspaper has teamed with the New Beginnings Education Trust, run by Kerry Judd, to raise a million dollars over the nex...
DATE: Apr 30, 2012
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Children often get a trip overseas for the Easter holidays, but not many get to treat their parents to it.
For 11-year-old Nasir Simmons, the break offered a chance to do exactly that: as the 2011 Spelldown champion, he took first place in the Island...
DATE: Apr 28, 2012
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Parents protesting the transfer of two school principals are preparing to take their case to court to seek a judicial review of the decision, it emerged yesterday.
Flanked by police, a “communication march” of more than 100 parents and children set o...
DATE: Apr 28, 2012
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More than 100 parents and children of two schools this morning marched on Parliament in protest over a decision to move their principals.
PTA Presidents Azuhaa Coleman of Victor Scott, and Quinton Ming of TN Tatem Middle School, presented a letter to...
DATE: Apr 27, 2012
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Traffic delays are expected on King Street as Belco crews work to repair a damaged cable.
Work to an underground cable near Bermuda Fire Station is now underway and is expected to continue through rush hour.
Said a Belco spokeswoman: "One lane will b...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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