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A new education initiative has been launched through a public-private partnership between the Ministry of Education and Capital G bank.
Donations will be made to the Reading Clinic and Menuhin Foundation while scholarships for middle school students ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A pilot e-mail system is coming online in Bermuda’s public schools, the Ministry of Education has announced.
E-mail accounts are to be set up for senior and middle school students as well as those in primary five and six.
Students can use the Live[AT...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Switching Bermuda from fossil fuels to renewable energy is more complex than we realise, according to scientist and author David Chapman.
“Bermuda faces interesting challenges because of its small size,” Mr Chapman told Hamilton Rotary, in a talk on ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
As Easter Sunday approaches, the Bermuda Bible Society has observed Holy Week with two days of public Bible readings.
The proclamations of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles took place on Monday and Tuesday in St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A display at the World Heritage Centre in St George’s highlights Bermuda’s link to the first US dollar coins.
St George’s is the final resting place of renowned beauty Anne Bingham, who was immortalised more than 200 years ago as the first ‘Lady Libe...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Bermudian students affected by fee hikes at UK universities may be able to take advantage of Scotland’s lower tuition next year.
Tuition costs for the coming academic year are set to triple in the UK while Scotland’s universities are to remain govern...
DATE: Apr 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda National Trust’s annual Palm Sunday walk drew more than 2,000 people to explore the West End yesterday.
This year’s 7.5 mile walk started at 1.30pm at White Hill Field, Sandys.
Sunny, 70F weather and low humidity made for ideal walk condi...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Over 2,000 people turned up for the Bermuda National Trust’s annual Palm Sunday walk at the West End today.
National Trust executive director Jennifer Gray called it “all smiles” at the finish line.
This year’s walk started at 1.30pm from White Hill ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Berkeley Institute student Phillip Shawn Herman is to represent Bermuda next week at the Carifta Games in Jamaica.
The 17-year-old looks forward to running the 5,000-metre race at the Montego Bay Sports Complex in Montego Bay.
“I love track and field...
DATE: Apr 16, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Bad financial management by Government was responsible for cuts in the Island’s ferry service, Opposition leader Kim Swan said last night.
Mr Swan called the reductions, which affects each of the Island’s four ferry routes, “socially insensitive”.
Ac...
DATE: Apr 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell