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A total of 31 public schools have reopened their classrooms to pupils, the education ministry has revealed.
The news came as the Department of Health confirmed that a risk assessment was carried out at West Pembroke Primary School, which was potentia...
DATE: Oct 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Almost all of the Bermuda High School’s 2020/2021 IGCSE cohort achieved grades between A* and C or equivalent.
None of the students were able to sit their final exams owing to Covid-19 and their final grades were awarded using the teachers’ predicted...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
No guarantees can be given on medical exemptions for unvaccinated people for emergency treatment in the US after the country introduces strict Covid-19 travel policies.
The warning came from the Bermuda Hospitals Board and the US Consulate after Kim...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Schoolchildren will get a free hot and filling breakfast delivered to their homes as part of a one-day national campaign by a charity.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children launched its first National Breakfast Day and is scheduled to hand out...
DATE: Oct 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An official was yesterday suspended from the teachers’ union after he claimed the executive had violated its constitution.
Leonard Santucci, who was the Bermuda Union of Teachers representative at the Berkeley Institute, was told in a letter from Ant...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Enough cash could be raised by Christmas to rebuild a playground destroyed by arson, a fundraising group said yesterday.
Pig’s Field Family Connections, set up after the attack on the Pembroke park in April, added that the new playground was the firs...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The driving force behind a solar-powered aquaponics project addressing food security has been granted a national award led by an international environmental group.
Joseph Weeks, technical education instructor at the Bermuda College earned the Nation...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 72-year-old woman was hurt after being struck by a van that rolled from its parking space in Hamilton yesterday morning.
Police said the pedestrian was taken to hospital as “a precautionary measure”.
The incident happened near the junction of King ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Four pupils and one school staff member have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The results were received during the testing programme rolled out for the return of in-school learning.
As of Monday, students and staff from 12 schools had been teste...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A charity filled three shipping containers with food and other aid for Haitians battling to survive after a massive earthquake.
Now Phillip Rego, who launched Feed My Lambs Ministry in 2009, is on his way to Haiti to organise the arrival of the cont...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan