1146 results returned for search: "education AND " author Jonathan Bell
Students studying subjects ranging from medicine to law and criminology have won $25,000 scholarships.
Zoe Exon, Sydney Rego, Casey Schuler, Chrysda Smith and Shayla Smith won Nicholl Scholarships, named after Albert Nicholl, a philanthropist who lef...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A master carpenter from the West End whose career spanned more than 60 years has died.
Charles Rupert “Pine” Smith was 87.
Mr Smith’s family said he was “hard-working, stubborn, opinionated, funny, current with all news, determined and immoveable”.
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DATE: Aug 20, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An artist and author who lived in Bermuda for decades and whose chronicles of her childhood became bestsellers in her homeland of Canada has died.
Molly Critchley was 93. Ms Critchley, born and raised in Nova Scotia, lived for three decades in Bermud...
DATE: Aug 14, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Questions ranging from the emigration of Bermudians to the island’s surging rat population were fielded by David Burt during Premier’s Question Time on Friday.
Mr Burt took opening queries from Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the Opposition, on the “p...
DATE: Jul 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Teens whose childhoods were spent in foster care are now pursuing their dreams thanks to big-hearted donors.
Tylasha DeSilva, 17, and 18-year-old Sierra Brangman, have been awarded $30,000 and $20,000 for their education by the Foster Parents’ Associ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teenage trio headed to Europe last night to represent the island at an international debating tournament.
The school student team left for the Czech Republic, the host nation for the Heart of Europe competition, which starts today.
Raina DeFontes, ...
DATE: Jul 11, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Farmers’ Market marked its summer break with a gift of two scholarships to a prospective lawyer and a would-be teacher.
“High flyers” Mikayla Douglas, 19, was given $5,000 and Caleb Scott, 18, was awarded $2,500 at a ceremony at the final...
DATE: Jul 03, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A diabetes expert called on the Government to ensure water and diet drinks are cheaper than sugary sodas and argued that the controversial sugar tax “completely missed the point”.
David Cavan, a British-based doctor, questioned whether the island’s s...
DATE: Jun 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The House of Assembly is expected to hear about status of the stalled Ritz-Carlton Caroline Bay hotel resort at Morgan’s Point in Southampton.
A statement on the development will be given this morning by Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance.
A c...
DATE: Jun 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A motion to raise the retirement age goes up for debate today in the House of Assembly.
Legislators heard on May 10 about plans to increase the retirement and pensionable age at the same time from 65 to 70 over a ten-year period, with the retirement ...
DATE: May 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell