634 results returned for search: "education AND " category "General"
A woman who spearheaded her family’s near 50-year battle for justice over a land theft said she that hoped the struggle would be over before she died.
Barbara Brown, 90, the mother of the late MP Walton Brown, who paved the way for a Commission of In...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A book club set up to help to boost the confidence of girls in the Big Brothers Big Sisters programme is to launch in the new year.
The first book to be featured in the Girl Power Book Club is Assemble the Tribe: Believe in Your Value. Find Belongin...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two charities have been given a holiday boost from the International Women’s Club.
The IWC donated $9,000 to the Women’s Resource Centre to support its Transformational Living Centre’s education and life skills programme.
The soon-to-be-opened TLC o...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The jury is in for this year’s Christmas Short Story Contest – and the competition was fierce.
But the winners have been chosen, as well as some honourable mentions, and the lucky winners will today learn that they can pick up the plaudits – and thei...
DATE: Dec 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A commencement ceremony was held for the latest student cohort of a maritime career programme.
The Endeavour Maritime Springboard Programme, which runs in partnership with the Bermuda College’s Professional and Career Education division (Pace), cele...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Five Bermuda charities will reap the rewards as the global parent company of a major local insurer celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Bermuda is among ten countries on the list for a $1.4 million donation worldwide by Arch Capital Group, with the givea...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Women were reminded that “there is life after abuse” during an anti-domestic violence event last week.
Crystal Swan, the Executive Officer at Government House, said that she knew people who overcame their experiences and achieved new goals.
She was s...
DATE: Nov 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The sporting triumph of boxer Clarence Hill, Bermuda’s first Olympic medal-winner, was celebrated yesterday with a home-grown tribute at Loyal Hill in Devonshire.
The Loyal Gazette presented Mr Hill with a miniature replica of his 1976 bronze medal a...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seniors and schoolchildren were the recipients of donations totalling $140,000 at the closing ceremony for the 34th annual AXA End-to-End.
Despite an early downpour and a mere 2½ weeks to pull the event together on October 23, the gathering at the Ha...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A team of landscapers began tearing out casuarina trees and other invasive plants yesterday as part of a renewed world heritage restoration project at Ferry Point Park.
Thanks to funds raised over the past year, the St George’s Foundation, in partn...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan