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Students from Berkeley Institute and Saltus Grammar School came together recently to tackle the topic of racism
As part of UNESCO’s Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, students from both schools took part in a joint session with Imagine...
DATE: Mar 20, 2017
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Students at Warwick Academy were able to meet and talk to a pair of MIT engineers as they prepared for the BIOS ROV competition.
The school’s robotics club, who are prototyping robots for the challenge, were last week greeted by Geoff Gardner and Joh...
DATE: Mar 20, 2017
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A unique brand of interactive live theatre is coming to the island this month with the goal of bringing history to life.
Live History, a Canadian theatre group that specialises in immersive experiences, have partnered with the Bermuda National Trust ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2017
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The Adult Education School has partnered with a raft of local artists in an effort to raise much needed funds to continue their programmes.
Tomorrow night, the AES will be hosting Transformations IV, an art auction and cocktail party fundraiser aimed...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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Delivering her brief, Jeanne Atherden said the focus of the ministry remains with addressing the issue of obesity and diabetes, along with managing the ageing population.
Noting the reduction in the grant to the Bermuda Hospitals Board, she described...
DATE: Mar 14, 2017
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The Government has launched an initiative aimed at getting parents more involved with their children’s education.
However, Mike Charles of the Bermuda Union of Teachers said that in order for such an initiative to be a success, it needs the buy-in of...
DATE: Mar 13, 2017
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Education
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A group of Saltus students recently took part in a United Nations conference about the topical issue of migration.
Briley Habib and Phillip Heap, the school’s heads of geography and design and technology respectively, took 11 SGY students to the annu...
DATE: Mar 08, 2017
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After a period of “dormancy”, the Bermuda Philharmonic Society is set to return to the stage this weekend in an effort to entertain and promote the arts.
Alison Black, the chair of the organisation, said that while the orchestra had fallen by the way...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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More than 1,500 books were delivered to preschools and nursery schools today as part of World Book Day 2017.
Nikita Robinson, of The Ladies Room on Hott 1075, praised those who volunteered to assist this year by reading to students, saying: “It’s one...
DATE: Mar 02, 2017
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Environmental group Greenrock has blasted last week’s Budget, calling it “unsustainable and unimaginative”.
Jonathan Starling, the charity’s executive director, praised an increase in funding for recycling and composting programmes, but the organisat...
DATE: Mar 01, 2017
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