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A pharmacy in the West End has held a successful health fair.
Caesar’s Pharmacy, in Sandys, organised the event on Saturday to promote good health and offer free screening to people to detect early warning signs of illness.
Community nurses from the ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2017
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Six companies were recognised for ensuring equal opportunities for people with physical and mental problems yesterday.
The Disabilities Advisory Council named Sousa’s Gardens and Aberfeldy Nurseries as businesses that employed people with disabilitie...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Bermuda High School marked the International Hour of Code yesterday with an invitation to schoolgirls to take part in a day of coding.
BHS teamed up with public schools to run their own coding day as part of the worldwide event.
Darren Burchall, h...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
A new plan for public schools was unveiled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Targets include 75 per cent of all public school pupils up to recognised standards in reading and mathematics inside five years.
School principals will be given powers to ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2017
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Politics
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Sarah Lagan
A leading police officer has been assigned to deal with complaints of inappropriate sexual conduct by a former pastor amid concerns witnesses are reluctant to come forward.
Yesterday, police said they were aware of allegations circulating on social m...
DATE: Nov 29, 2017
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CedarBridge Academy celebrated 20 years of fighting “the good fight of excellence” at its Founder’s Day celebrations yesterday.
Master of ceremonies Dean Foggo introduced a host of speakers at the Ruth Seaton James Centre to honour the school, inclu...
DATE: Nov 29, 2017
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
A talk tomorrow evening aims to inspire people to “change the world by raising money for those in poverty”.
A group who just returned to the island following a trek through Nepal to raise money for Adara Development will talk at the Bermuda Underwate...
DATE: Nov 29, 2017
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Young children with little or no swimming experience will be introduced to “the wonders of the ocean” thanks to another Neil Burnie Foundation fundraiser.
The money raised at the annual event goes towards any programme that gets people, and most impo...
DATE: Nov 24, 2017
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David Burt laughed off questions today about the Progressive Labour Party’s intentions to take Bermuda to independence.
Members have publicly stated the Premier raised the subject at the party’s banquet at the Fairmont Southampton last Saturday night...
DATE: Nov 24, 2017
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Politics
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Sarah Lagan
A move to give civil servants a pay rise was this week passed in the Senate.
Negotiations on a pay rise began under the One Bermuda Alliance and were passed through by the ruling Progressive Labour Party.
Attorney General Kathy Simmons said that civ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2017
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