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The Bermuda National Gallery yesterday marked its 25th anniversary with a collection of four stamps picked to highlight the island’s art scene.
Lisa Howie, executive director of the gallery, said: “The collection is diverse as our people are and has ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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A lithographic print by world-famous painter Pablo Picasso was yesterday unveiled at the Bermuda National Gallery to mark International Peace Day.
School groups viewed the historic artwork to explore its symbolism and observed peace day with a momen...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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Bermuda College has signed off on two agreements with overseas colleges to boost degree options for its students.
Now art and design associate degree students can transfer their credits into the third year of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design’s f...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
Bermuda Hospitals Board, with the support of a Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust donation, is investing $350,000 in scholarships and staff development and training this fiscal year.
Ten scholarships have been awarded.
New for the year is a fund fo...
DATE: Sep 22, 2017
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Technology education should be treated as “a need, not a want” in Bermuda’s public schools, independent senator Michelle Simmons said yesterday.
Ms Simmons, a 38-year veteran of teaching, told Senate in her maiden speech: “It is heartening that the G...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
The top performing student at Bermuda High School said that going the extra mile has been key to her success.
Madison Quig added that knowing more than the curriculum required helped her excel in her studies.
Now, as she enters her final two years a...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
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The economy and jobs for Bermudians were among the major topics discussed in the Senate yesterday as the Throne Speech was debated.
One Bermuda Alliance senator Nick Kempe said he believed that the focus for job creation should be on the private sect...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
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Politics
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Sarah Lagan
A programme designed to conserve Bermuda’s reefs has called on citizen scientists to help evaluate the condition of Bermuda’s coral reefs and fish stocks.
Reef Watch, created by the Bermuda Zoological Society with sponsorship from reinsurer Hiscox, ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2017
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Environment
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Sarah Lagan
The Ministry of Education has refused to confirm or deny whether calls have been made for the termination of Freddie Evans as Commissioner of Education.
ZBM news reported that Ministry of Education sources made the claim he was sent a letter telling...
DATE: Sep 20, 2017
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
The end of troubles at a mould-hit school is in sight, the principal said yesterday.
Tina Duke, head of Dellwood Middle School, is confident the problems that have plagued the school are almost solved.
Her assurances came as pupils returned for the s...
DATE: Sep 20, 2017
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Education
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Sarah Lagan