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Health and safety inadequacies are not limited to the island’s public primary schools and exist at all levels in the public school system, according to the Bermuda Union of Teachers.
Mike Charles, the union’s secretary-general, spoke after Tuesday ni...
DATE: Apr 28, 2016
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The Kiwanis Clubs of Bermuda have partnered with the international educational organisation Up With People to congratulate the visiting group on their 50th anniversary.
As well as performing at CedarBridge Academy today and tomorrow, Up With People ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2016
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The Bermuda Government has failed to respond to questions over whether it has applied potentially carcinogenic pesticide in a children’s playground.
This newspaper was contacted on March 27 by a concerned parent who suspected ready-to-use Roundup or...
DATE: Apr 27, 2016
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An app that could help to tackle challenges related to small-scale fishing in Bermuda has taken the top prize in the Fishackathon event designed to address sustainability issues.
Jonathan Barker, a professional software engineer for Endurance, took ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2016
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A meeting being held this week by the Bermuda Police Service and the Liquor Licensing Authority will include discussions about a national plan to streamline the process of holding large scale events on the island.
The organisations are teaming up to...
DATE: Apr 25, 2016
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You will never be out of work as a mechanic and there is more to hairdressing than cutting hair.
These were among the pearls of wisdom shared with CedarBridge Academy’s senior students yesterday, as the annual vocational career fair pointed to bright...
DATE: Apr 23, 2016
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Isabella Johnston hopes to be rocking a bob like Taylor Swift’s when she chops her locks off for charity this month.
The seven-year-old BHS student, affectionately known as Izzy, is to donate ten inches of her hair to the charity Locks of Love, whic...
DATE: Apr 22, 2016
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Belco is to mark Earth Day and its Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Week by planting two rare, native yellowwood trees on the Audubon Society’s Alfred Blackburn Smith Nature Reserve in Paget.
Jessica McClure, manager of Occupational Health...
DATE: Apr 22, 2016
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The principal at Francis Patton Primary School has warned against ranking schools based on the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint exam results.
Garita Coddington, whose school was rated “OK” with an average of just over 2.6 out of 6 between 2012 and 2015, ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2016
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A Dutch sailor embarking on a round-the-world-trip to raise money for cancer research took an unexpected diversion to Bermuda after running into technical difficulties.
Luc Overtoom set sail from Amsterdam Harbour on July 26, 2014, for a two-year sa...
DATE: Apr 21, 2016
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