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An extension of the school registration deadline by the Ministry of Education leaves parents “none the wiser” as they have still not been given full access to a report on possible school closure and consolidation.
This is the view of Bermuda Union o...
DATE: Feb 02, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda SPCA is offering financial assistance to private cat owners to have their pet spayed or neutered as part of the organisation’s CatSnip programme.
The overpopulation of cats in Bermuda presents a problem according to the SPCA as there are...
DATE: Feb 01, 2016
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Two new honorary fellows have been inducted into the Company of Honorary Fellows.
Cummings Zuill and Gary Phillips became Bermuda College’s latest inductees at ceremonies that took place on Saturday at the Coco Reefs Hotel and Resort.
Both were recog...
DATE: Feb 01, 2016
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Charities have been urged to consider the short-term pain of consolidation or mergers as they battle for survival in Bermuda’s harsh economy.
Caroline Foulger, chairwoman of Bermuda Business Development Agency, encouraged the third sector to follow t...
DATE: Jan 30, 2016
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A proposal has been submitted for a $3 million renovation at Horseshoe Bay that could create as many as 50 hospitality jobs for Bermudians in the run-up to the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup.
Beach Boys Ltd, which runs the “beach experience” out of Tob...
DATE: Jan 30, 2016
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The four member clubs of the Eastern Counties Cricket Association are still waiting for close to $35,000 that has been owed to them since November.
It is understood that the delay is because of money having been stolen from a car near St David’s Prim...
DATE: Jan 30, 2016
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Parents are being thrown “into a quandary” as they scramble to hit the deadline for school registration armed with no detailed knowledge of a report that could spell future school closure and consolidation. This is the view of Bermuda Union of Teache...
DATE: Jan 29, 2016
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Organ Donor Association is encouraging patients waiting for organ donation to attend its event tomorrow.
The charity will bring together people who are waiting for a transplant with those who have been through the same, or similar, medica...
DATE: Jan 29, 2016
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Family Centre’s Homework Academy programme is aiming to attract volunteers to help students reach their academic goals.
The initiative, launched by the charity five years ago, offers extra assistance to Dellwood Middle School students and those in th...
DATE: Jan 27, 2016
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S2 students at Berkeley Institute have “soared” in their English Language IGCSEs according to the school’s principal.
Dr Phyllis Curtis-Tweed praised the 11 students, who sat the exams in November 2015, as well as their teacher Sandra Burrows.
The s...
DATE: Jan 27, 2016
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