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One year ago today, Kiara Paiva, a 15-year-old schoolgirl who struggled with depression, took her own life despite help from psychological counselling and medication.
This month, family and friends of Kiara plan their first walk in her memory, closin...
DATE: Jan 07, 2020
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Young people continue to encounter racism as they move into the workforce, according to the antiracism group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda.
Teens would benefit from taking part in Curb’s truth and reconciliation talks, vice-president Cordell R...
DATE: Jan 04, 2020
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A “silent majority” backs the work of the racial justice charity Curb, according to the group’s vice-president.
Cordell Riley said Curb’s last round of truth and reconciliation community conversations ended in December with participants expressing “a...
DATE: Jan 04, 2020
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A dietitian who helped found a charity dedicated to helping others come to terms with their own mortality has died after a long battle with cancer. Jasen Moniz was 65.
Ms Moniz, a former government nutritionist, was the driving force behind the chari...
DATE: Dec 31, 2019
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The high cost of food has overtaken electricity bills as the biggest expense for the island’s vulnerable, charities said yesterday.
Age Concern said power firm Belco’s slight cut in its rates for next year would help the disadvantaged.
Claudette Flem...
DATE: Dec 31, 2019
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Bermudians have to rise above the toxic legacy of the country’s past, a leading social worker has warned.
Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said: “We’re in an atmosphere of angry rhetoric because of what’s happened in the past....
DATE: Dec 30, 2019
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Five Bermudians were given awards in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.
Dennis Tucker, a career hotelier, was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to the community.
The Queen’s Certificate and Badge of H...
DATE: Dec 28, 2019
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Gombey troupes turned out with their trademark drums, whistles and regalia for their traditional Boxing Day parade around the island.
The performance by Place’s Gombeys at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club delivered a unique experience for guests.
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DATE: Dec 27, 2019
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Saunto Wilson became Bermuda’s only Christmas Day baby — despite not being expected to put in an appearance for another two days.
Proud parents Savanna Ramotar and Khyren Wilson said a lot of friends and family had hoped for a Christmas Day birth.
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DATE: Dec 27, 2019
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The parents of a man struck down by a serious brain inflammation overseas without insurance have been given charity status to help raise the hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for his treatment.
Dandre Outerbridge, 27, who is in the intensive ca...
DATE: Dec 27, 2019
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