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A cross-party parliamentary committee reviewing how educational reform is being implemented in the wake of the Hopkins Report wants to hold its meetings in public, its chairman said yesterday.
Government MP Neletha Butterfield, who is heading the bip...
DATE: Aug 27, 2008
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Government Senator Walton Brown was yesterday named the new chairman of Bermuda College.
The announcement was made at a press conference at which it was also revealed that the introduction of free education at the college this year appears to have he...
DATE: Aug 27, 2008
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Education has been the main focus over the years for Bermuda-based companies when it comes to donations.
Recently released figures by The Centre of Philanthropy's Donor Forum clearly indicate that Bermuda-based companies continue to focus considerabl...
DATE: Aug 27, 2008
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The community's health can be gauged by how black men and boys are doing and philanthropic organisations need to understand why there are still barriers to helping them.
That's why last week a group of leaders in their fields met under the umbrella o...
DATE: Aug 26, 2008
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Government Senator Walton Brown is behind a new company planning to launch Bermuda's second daily newspaper.
The PLP politician, cousin of Premier Ewart Brown, registered Vista Mar Ltd. with the Registrar of Companies last November.
The firm, which s...
DATE: Aug 25, 2008
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In many ways Meghan Jones is an ordinary 20-year-old, but when she's not going to school or hanging out with friends, she's helping the Tuleeni orphanage in Tanzania, grow from 12 to 34 orphans.
With the help of family, friends and members of the com...
DATE: Aug 23, 2008
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You've heard about MADD – Mothers Against Drunk Driving – now meet Bermuda's MADD 2, Mothers Against Destructive Devices.
MADD 2 is the name of a rally organised by the Christian non-denominational women's ministry, WOVEN (Women of Vision Empowering ...
DATE: Aug 22, 2008
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WHEN I'm done, Mr. Editor, one of the ironies of my Parliamentary career will surely have been my attendance earlier this summer at a parliamentary conference in Guyana. I went as part of a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association resource team which a...
DATE: Aug 22, 2008
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Handbag snatcher gets away with cash, digital camera
A family visiting Bermuda from Belgium fell victim to thieves who stole the mother's handbag.
According to the Police, the visitors, a 73-year-old man, his 68-year-old wife and their 43-year-old so...
DATE: Aug 21, 2008
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The Ross 'Blackie' Talbot Charity Classic (RBTCC) yesterday awarded students a total of $130,000 in scholarships.
There were 14 Bermudian students who won the awards, which ranged from $5,000 to $15,000.
The 2008 awards were granted to nine students ...
DATE: Aug 21, 2008
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