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The public should reserve judgment on studies suggesting cannabis can reduce the risk of diabetes, a doctor has urged.
Annabel Fountain, the director of endocrinology at the Bermuda Hospitals Board, spoke out after a presentation by pharmacist Marcia...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
Student leaders at Berkeley Institute have been given an enhanced opportunity to promote academic excellence at the school thanks to the formation of a new prefect council.
The council encourages the promotion of the school’s core values regarding a...
DATE: Nov 03, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
Pharmacist and university lecturer Dr Marcia Williams made a presentation highlighting studies that suggest cannabis can reduce the risk of contracting diabetes.
Dr Williams, who was invited to the Island to give a presentation at the Bermuda Colleg...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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The Spirit of Bermuda is to host a two-day voyage for those embarking on their own inner journey — that of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.
Jim Roi, a New York philosopher and healer specialising in the treatment of “spiritual disease”, will...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
There were tears and laughter in the courtroom yesterday as Celia Tuzo and Benjamin Jack Green were Called to the Bar.
There was barely even standing room in commercial court 1 for the Calling of Celia Tuzo, a mature student who described a challeng...
DATE: Oct 31, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
Race relations group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda has described the police’s intention to use stop-and-search powers over the Hallowe’en period as “excessive and unreasonable”.
The Bermuda Police Service announced that they would be enforce ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2015
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Middle school students are enjoying better marks in English and science, although maths remains a concern, the Ministry of Education said yesterday.
The Middle School Transformation Plan, launched in July last year, appears to be making inroads, with...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Sarah Lagan
Prolific songwriter Roderick “Roddy” Marshall — a member of two of the Island’s most popular rock bands at the time — has passed away.
Mr Marshall, who was 68 when he died last Tuesday, was one of the founders of The Savages and also performed with ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s poor and vulnerable will be impacted the most if the Bermuda Government decides to cut resources across the Island’s three remaining community centres.
This is the view of the founder and chairwoman of the Coalition for the Protection of C...
DATE: Oct 29, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
A fundraiser for two African rhino charities raised more than double the amount that organisers had targeted.
One of the organisers Alet Coetzee had expected the charity walk would raise $5,000 for Saving the Survivors and the Rhino Orphanage but af...
DATE: Oct 28, 2015
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Sarah Lagan