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Teachers must sacrifice time over the Christmas holidays to get tested for Covid-19 before they went back to school, the education minister insisted yesterday.
Diallo Rabain hit out after the Bermuda Union of Teachers told its members to refuse to t...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Young people aged 10 to 19 are the peak infection group in the island’s latest surge in coronavirus numbers, government figures have revealed.
But the average age of people who tested positive for the coronavirus is 30.
Kim Wilson, the health ministe...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 100 people showed up to interview for hospitality jobs at a special employment fair yesterday.
The recruitment drive was organised by the Bermuda Tourism Authority and the Bermuda Hotel Association with the help of the Department of Workfor...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The cahow conservation programme on Nonsuch Island has been featured in the cover story of America’s national Audubon magazine
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The winter edition of the magazine included an article on the birds written by Jessica Bruder, whose book Nomadland:...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A civil rights champion and teacher was remembered yesterday for carrying on a family legacy of fighting for social justice as a leading member of the Progressive Group.
Marva Phillips taught at primary schools and at what is now Sandys Secondary Mi...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
The Government has extended its back to school Covid-19 test schedule for teachers by two days.
The move came after the Bermuda Union of Teachers yesterday told its members not to use the Christmas break to get tested or to complete any work-related...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance is calling on anyone who sees intoxicated friends attempting to drive home after a night out to stop them.
Susan Jackson, the shadow transport minister, made the appeal in the run-up to Christmas — a time when “li...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
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 first Bermudian and first woman principal of the Whitney Institute Middle School was remembered by colleagues as a leader in education during the public school reforms of the 1990s.
Gail-Anne Graham also chaired the Committee for Middle School Pr...
DATE: Dec 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer