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A programme designed to promote phonological skills in preschoolers is having a positive impact, according to a new report.
The Reading Clinic’s I-PLAY (Interactive Phonological Literacy Activities for Youngsters) programme, which operates in four p...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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Education
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Budding fashion designers and models can put themselves on the map at the Bermuda Fashion Festival later this month.
The event, which will open on October 28, was launched at the City Hall by Hamilton mayor Charles Gosling today.
Mr Gosling told the ...
DATE: Oct 17, 2017
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Traffic lights at the junction of Par-la-Ville Road and Church Street, and at Bermudiana Road and Church Street, are out of order.
City of Hamilton personnel are on site and tending to the issue which has been hampered by the weather, according to a ...
DATE: Oct 17, 2017
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Non-profit groups can now apply for funding online via the Bank of Bermuda Foundation website.
The Foundation, which provides up to $2.5 million in funding to the charitable sector each year, says its “user-friendly format” will capture important inf...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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A 30-year-old Pembroke man injured in a motorcycle crash over the weekend remains in hospital.
It stems from an in-town crash involving a car at the junction of Elliot and Union streets at around 12.10am on Saturday.
As of this morning, police said...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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A 57-year-old Smith’s man was banned from the road for three years and fined $2,000 for drink driving.
Magistrates’ Court heard on Friday that motorcyclist Stanley Correia was stopped by police after he swerved to avoid a head-on collision with a t...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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Court
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News Staff
Bermuda Aviation Services Limited has donated $2,000 to support two literacy charities.
The group gave $1,000 each to the Reading Clinic and the reading festival organised by Bermuda Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
The Reading Clin...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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People are encouraged to visit a Department of Statistics booth in the lower level of the Washington Mall today.
Officers from the Department will be on hand from noon to 2pm in observation of Caricom Statistics Day.
This year, the theme of the day i...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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News Staff
Bermuda’s information commissioner wants to step up scrutiny of the outsourcing of public services.
Gitanjali Guterriez was at the International Conference of Information Commissioners in Manchester, Britain, where a resolution was passed calling for...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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Roadworks will take place in the area of the roundabout at Frog Lane and Montpelier Road on Monday.
Frog Lane will be closed from BFA Way to the roundabout; Parsons Road will be closed from Roberts Avenue to the roundabout; and Montpelier Road will b...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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