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Mask-wearing and other mandates in schools will be optional under relaxed Covid-19 restrictions
DATE: Mar 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A senator who organised a fundraiser for the family of a little boy who died after the car he was in plunged into the sea has praised his relatives for their courage in the face of tragedy.
Lindsay Simmons, a Government member of the Upper House and ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Clarien Bank is to discontinue its in-person teller services and is transitioning to digital, self-service based personal banking for all its customers.
Teller services at the bank’s 19 Reid Street branch will no longer be available effective the en...
DATE: Mar 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Strict Covid-19 restrictions on schoolchildren are having a negative economic impact on Bermuda as parents opt to leave the island for more lenient jurisdictions, a senator has said.
Ben Smith, the Opposition Senate Leader, said during the last Senat...
DATE: Mar 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Charity fundraisers who “braved the shave” in aid of childhood cancer research have so far raised more than $40,000.
Fundraising efforts for the annual St Baldrick’s Day event, where participants cut or completely shave their heads to raise cash, wer...
DATE: Mar 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The North Field of the National Sports Centre will be lit up in a poignant tribute to those whose lives have been touched by cancer.
The Luminaria Ceremony is held annually during the Relay for Life of Bermuda event where hundreds of luminaria bags ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Rewards of $5,000 are being offered by Crime Stoppers Bermuda as part of bid to rid the island of gun crime.
The charity has put up the cash for information that leads to a firearms arrest and conviction or the seizure of weapons.
The news came as t...
DATE: Mar 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Imagine a Cup Match, Bermuda Day or National Heroes Weekend where virtually no waste was created that could not be reused, recycled or composted.
All trash cans at the events would be separated for the depositing of different types of materials, the...
DATE: Mar 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The proposed Education Authority will not adopt the Bermuda Tourism Authority model, the Minister of Education said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said the Government was committed to an arms-length authority to take charge of performance and accountabilit...
DATE: Mar 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda needs to sit at the feet of its elders to obtain their knowledge and the history of the island, Diallo Rabain, Education Minister, has said.
Giving an update in the House on the progress of the History and Legacy Working Group, the Minister s...
DATE: Mar 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan