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Students from the Berkeley Institute recently won an Island-wide competition by creating a video aimed at preventing underage drinking.
The winning video, shot on school grounds by the Berkeley Institute’s Peer Helpers, was one of ten entries in the ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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The House of Assembly on Friday debated the possibility of introducing shared parenting legislation aimed at strengthening families.
Such legislation could ensure that courts, when considering making a parenting order, would be required to presume it...
DATE: Apr 14, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
One person in every 110 worldwide is affected by autism, regardless of race, religion, socio-economic status or geography.
That fact was noted by Education Minister Dame Jenifer Smith as she read an official proclamation to celebrate World Autism Day...
DATE: Apr 04, 2012
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For more than 20 years, the Bermuda Prison Fellowship has worked to used religion to help inmates and their families get back on the right track.
Speaking yesterday at the Hamilton Rotary, Rudolph (Buddy) Hollis said that over the years the organisat...
DATE: Mar 28, 2012
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The Progressive Labour Party will win the next election on the doorsteps of their constituents, several party candidates said last night.
Speaking yesterday at a public meeting at the Devonshire Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall, Public Works Ministe...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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Salvation Army volunteer, honours student and Carifta Games hopeful. Akeila Richardson’s teachers at CedarBridge Academy already knew she was a pretty outstanding teen and on Saturday night it was made official.
Richardson made history when she was n...
DATE: Mar 26, 2012
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The Victor Scott Parent Teacher Association President has promised to fight to keep the school’s principal following an announced shake-up.
The organisation plans to hold a meeting tonight to discuss its doubts about Government’s decisions to move pr...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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Education
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian educator Phyllis Brooks, who earlier this year received the Harriet Tubman Award for community service, has died at the age of 86.
Mrs Brooks (originally Simmons) studied at the Berkeley Institute before earning a scholarship to the Univers...
DATE: Mar 16, 2012
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Government spent nearly $52 million more than it expected last year, with hospital subsidies costing $18 million more than originally budgeted.
A supplementary estimate tabled in the House of Assembly showed revealed costs for the financial year 2011...
DATE: Mar 03, 2012
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Budget
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Autism has become a public health crisis, affecting one percent of the world population according to Bermuda Autism Support and Education (BASE)
Speaking to the Hamilton Rotary on Tuesday, Autism Consultant Susannah Cole said that worldwide, around 6...
DATE: Mar 03, 2012
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