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The Bermudian widow of an American civil rights activist and former pastor on the island has thrown her support behind a books for prison inmates campaign.
Helen Foster said education and self-transformation had been “everything” for her husband, the...
DATE: Mar 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have warned members of the public not to circulate a video of students involved in a fight.
The video shows several students in CedarBridge Academy uniforms engaged in unruly behaviour in a classroom.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Servi...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
At least three classes at a private school were quarantined yesterday after a coronavirus outbreak.
A Year 3 and two Year 4 classes were ordered to isolate at Saltus and a Year 11 class was ordered to follow casual contact precautions.
Deryn Lavell, ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Regulations for quarantine of Covid-19 contacts in schools have been changed, the education minister revealed yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said in a letter to senior education staff that vaccinated people who tested positive for the coronavirus would hav...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Premier yesterday refused to outline which public services would be cut in the Budget axe.
David Burt signalled a “significant amount of reductions in services” in last Friday’s Budget speech.
But Mr Burt, also the finance minister, yesterday avo...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Submission rates for Covid-19 antigen testing remain at only 57 per cent for students and 50 per cent for staff in public schools, the Ministry of Education has said.
The ministry urged parents and staff to take up the testing to increase these figu...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A former teacher and civil servant said it was up to everyone in Bermuda to highlight people who had contributed to the island.
Gary Phillips explained that his own upbringing had left him with no questions about his Black identity, which helped to s...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A scholarship honouring Dame Jennifer Smith, the former Premier, was unveiled yesterday at the Progressive Labour Party’s founder’s day celebration.
Dame Jennifer, the PLP’s first Premier, served from the party’s first General Election victory in 199...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than $250,000 was donated by a reinsurance company to island charities last year.
A spokeswoman for Athene Life Re said that the firm had made the donations as part of its “ongoing commitment to giving back to the community".
Natasha Scotland Co...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three Bermudians who completed an Antarctic marathon said they had learnt first-hand about the effects of climate change on the frozen continent.
Mark Harris, Andy McComb and Phil Martin weathered rough seas and the risk of hypothermia to raise money...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson