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The Centre on Philanthropy announced yesterday that it will be offering courses to help teach local charities how to be more effective.
Beginning next week, the Centre will offer various one-day courses designed to teach non-profit workers how to bet...
DATE: Oct 09, 2009
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The Bermuda Heart Foundation (BHF) is planning to launch a prevention and intervention centre to combat the leading killer of Bermudians.
Around 64 percent of Bermudians have one or more factors that could lead to heart disease. The BHF is aiming to ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2009
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An expert on prostate cancer will speak to doctors and nurses on the Island about the illness and new ways to fight it.
Dr. Edward Schaeffer, assistant professor of urology, oncology and pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine wi...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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A Bermudian motivational speaker has been honoured as a hero by the New York City Council.
Dennis Rahiim Watson, CEO and President of the National Youth and Gang Violence Task Force, was honoured on September 11 for his efforts to combat gang violenc...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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A teenager who uttered racial slurs towards an officer was placed on two years' probation in Magistrates' Court yesterday.
Michael Coles Diel was ordered to undergo treatment for substance abuse, and prevented from leaving the Island to continue his ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2009
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Copies of an award-winning documentary about Bermuda have been donated to the Island's public schools.
Bermudian filmmaker Lucinda Spurling donated several copies of her documentary 'The Lion and The Mouse', along with copies of a study guide.
The se...
DATE: Sep 10, 2009
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Two charities aimed at improving the lives of the disabled in Bermuda have merged.
WindReach Recreational Village and Bermuda Riding for the Disabled (BRD) have joined.
They will now be known as WindReach Bermuda. A board, consisting of directors fro...
DATE: Sep 10, 2009
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The New Testament of God is organising an "old-fashioned town hall meeting" to discuss solutions to the violence in the community.
The meeting, to be held at 7.30 p.m. today at Greater Smith Hill New Testament Church of God in Pembroke, will give the...
DATE: Jul 15, 2009
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Susannah Farr is doing her part to combat the AIDS epidemic in Africa, not just by increasing awareness but by working to change the mindset of African teens.
Ms Farr, guest speaker at the Hamilton Rotary Club earlier this week, is the founder and ed...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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Just one day after the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre announced that it needed $250,000 to pay back money spent to bring two digital scanning systems to the Island, a generous donation nearly halved the debt.
Peter Green learned of the new screenin...
DATE: Jul 25, 2008
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