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Bermuda College will celebrate 24 new graduates at its second annual Winter Commencement tomorrow.
Duranda Greene, the college president, said half of the graduates had achieved GPAs above 3.0, which meant they would graduate with merit or distinctio...
DATE: Jan 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A major crowdfunding website has rejected a bid by campaigners opposed to the Government’s Covid-19 vaccination programme to use it to raise cash.
The Bermuda Freedom Alliance linked up with the GoFundMe platform last year to raise cash to record int...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A clarion call for the last chance to sign up for an adventure-filled career with the Royal Bermuda Regiment was issued today.
Major Duncan Simons, the RBR’s Career Management Officer, said there was still time for people to grab a spot to train for ...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Children dressed up as their “dream” professions on a day to honour Martin Luther King Jr.
St David’s Primary School pupils were encouraged to reach for their goals in a special assembly on Friday.
Gladstone Thompson, the principal, said the dressing...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Opposition leader called on the Premier to “get focused” after a string of incidents that he said left residents feeling hopeless.
Cole Simons insisted that his One Bermuda Alliance would help to provide the island with first-rate leadership.
Amo...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bans and restrictions on new work permits in certain categories have been extended to the end of July, the Government announced today.
The Ministry of Labour said that debt collectors, telephone switchboard operators, pool and beach attendants, deckh...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Online enrolment for parents to register their children for the next school year has opened, the education ministry announced yesterday.
Registration options through the new PowerSchool online enrolment were released for preschool, primary school and...
DATE: Jan 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Merchant Navy Officer Cadet at college in the UK is destined for a life on the ocean waves after he secured a job as a junior officer with a billion-dollar plus shipping company.
Marcus Simmons, from Warwick, was offered the trainee role with UK-ba...
DATE: Jan 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Quarantine periods are to be cut from next week, the health minister revealed yesterday.
Kim Wilson added that schoolchildren would also switch from PCR tests to the antigen type.
Ms Wilson insisted that the changes to quarantine requirements would h...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A maths tutoring centre has teamed up with an asset management firm to launch a scholarship drive to send 500 youngsters to summer maths camps.
Equilibria Capital Management has agreed to fund 50 scholarships and it is hoped that the scholarship driv...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes