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The teenage members of Hamilton Rotary Club’s youth division will be tackling projects ranging from providing square foot gardens to Bermuda’s elderly to funding a water harvesting programme in Zimbabwe.
Bermuda Interact, whose 25 members are from s...
DATE: Sep 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Ministers have insisted that a one-off $150 payment for parents of public school children is “enough” to help deal with the cost of living crisis.
Diallo Rabain, Education Minister, apologised to parents and guardians for the time it has taken to get...
DATE: Sep 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Golfers will tee off at an event this weekend to help people affected by substance use disorder.
Michaele Parfitt-Smith is staging the Smith-Hendrickson tournament at Belmont Hills on Saturday to mark the start of Recovery Month — observed in Septemb...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Scholarships totalling $10,000 have been awarded to three students by the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda.
Chelsea Basden, who is doing pre-med biology at Denison University, Ohio, received $5,000.
Saraé Botelho was given $2,500 for studying science a...
DATE: Sep 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Four Bermudian students have been unveiled as this year’s winners of the Nicholl Scholarships, worth $25,000 annually.
The group are joining courses from journalism to palaeontology, political science and nursing.
The Nicholl Scholarships, named afte...
DATE: Aug 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A string of public school students aged 5 to 16 have been sponsored by the Government to join others in the Dream Spark summer camp this month.
The international programme is offered by the Miami-based entrepreneur Brandon Okpalobi, who launched his ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of children will return to school next month knowing that they are well equipped for the academic year ahead, thanks to the fundraising efforts of an island organisation.
The Each One Reach One campaign, run by Gina Spence Productions, has r...
DATE: Aug 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A new clinic treating patients with kidney disease will provide free screening to underinsured sufferers from next month.
Kidney Care Bermuda has formed after the merger of two previous practices — Bermuda Home Dialysis Services and Bermuda Renal Pa...
DATE: Aug 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A teenager is preparing to study at the oldest university in the English-speaking world after she secured a place at Oxford.
Sophia Banner, a Warwick Academy graduate, will begin her course in archaeology and anthropology in October.
She said: “I’m v...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
About half of schoolchildren with asthma are not listed on a register of students who have the condition, a charity has estimated.
Liz Boden, co-founder of Open Airways, said that pupils should not miss out on lessons or activities because of asthma ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter