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To win the women's Athena International Leadership Award a recipient must demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative.
Emilygail Dill has shown those qualities across diverse fields from religion to education, the arts and tourism.
Her list of ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Former Chief Education Officer Joseph Christopher has questioned the validity of introducing a more international benchmark in the place of Terra Nova in the public school system.
The Terra Nova tests are administered throughout the US, and are based...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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He started using marijuana at nine-years old, only after his cousin who was selling drugs actually made him wait a year – he would have started at eight.
When he went away to school in the United States at 17 he had more access to the drug and eventu...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown stressed the need for higher performance standards when he met with Bermudian university students on the first leg of his second College Tour in Halifax.
"When you come home there are no entitlements and the standards are high. It...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Bermuda needs more long-term care options for drugs addicts and preventive education needs to continue targeting school-age children.
Preston Swan, the programming manager at Turning Point, a substance abuse treatment centre, made these observations ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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Enrolment at Bermuda College has risen dramatically this semester — and education chiefs said yesterday it was largely thanks to the free tuition now on offer.
The publicly funded community college has seen a 25 per cent increase in overall enrolment...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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Protection for homosexuals needs to be "clearly stated" according to Anglican Bishop elect, Reverend Canon Dr Patrick White.
Canon White, 65, of St. Paul's Church in Paget, was voted into the highest post for the Anglican church on the Island, on Sat...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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Preventive health care, not the latest pills, need to be the focus of Bermuda's health care policy, according to retiring Senate President Alf Oughton.
The Senator, who served the Island for 15 years in the upper house, 10 of which he was the Preside...
DATE: Sep 22, 2008
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The community is being urged to come out in force and support a "Groovin' to the Sounds of Motown" fund-raiser for The Family Centre tonight.
Executive Director of The Family Centre, Martha Dismont, said: "This is a time for individuals to come out a...
DATE: Sep 20, 2008
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Thirty-three young people who completed a programme under Government's Mirrors initiative will be honoured tonight.
They completed a six-day residential course at the Willowbank Hotel and a nine-month programme of rigorous training, course work, and ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2008
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