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The Portuguese-speaking population is being targeted through a new diabetes education programme.
The Bermuda Diabetes Association said it is providing the service because language barriers can make it difficult to promote awareness about the disease....
DATE: Nov 16, 2018
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Health
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News Staff
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, tabled the 2017-2018 annual report of Bermuda College in the House of Assembly this morning.
Mr Rabain said:
This morning I am pleased to rise before this Honourable House to table the 2017-2018 Annual Repor...
DATE: Nov 16, 2018
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Politics
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Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports, provided updates on the Deparment of Workforce Development Programmes in the House of Assembly this morning.
Ms Foggo said:
Mr Speaker, I rise today to provide this Honourable Hou...
DATE: Nov 16, 2018
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Politics
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The Bank of Bermuda Foundation has funded more than $2.5 million in grants to non-profit groups this year.
It comes after the organisation adopted a new “Theory of Change and Vision for Bermuda” under the principle that all people in Bermuda are heal...
DATE: Nov 14, 2018
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An overseas doctor is in Bermuda to discuss how healthcare professionals should handle tough topics with their patients.
Christy Simpson, head of the bioethics department at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine in Canada, will give a series of...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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Health
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News Staff
American space agency Nasa opened its new tracking station yesterday.
The station, on Cooper’s Island in St David’s, will be used to monitor Nasa space missions as a predecessor did from the same site in the 1960s, when rockets from Cape Canaveral in...
DATE: Nov 06, 2018
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A warning about the risk of drugs in Halloween treats was issued today by the Government.
A spokeswoman for the Department of National Drug Control said parents should be wary of unwrapped sweets which may have had marijuana added.
She added: “Mariju...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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Youngsters from Somersfield Academy got into the spirit of Hallowe’en with a trip to the pumpkin patch at J&J Produce in Warwick. Pupils aged between 3 and 5 learnt about different varieties of pumpkins before they carried their harvest back to schoo...
DATE: Oct 18, 2018
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A Zumba education specialist will be on the island for a fundraising event on Saturday.
The Party in Pink Zumbathon will generate cash for the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre at Cafe 4, Windsor Place, on Saturday, from 2pm to 4pm.
Special guest Iren...
DATE: Oct 16, 2018
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A mid-term science, technology, arts, engineering and maths academy is to held.
The course is available for pupils from Primary 5 to senior school at CedarBridge Academy’s North Block for October 22 to 26.
Programmes will include a gaming academy for...
DATE: Oct 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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News Staff