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Police today highlighted the “serious negative impact” that cyberbullying and sexting can have on young people.
Detective Inspector Karema Flood appealed to parents and guardians to use online resources that offered tips about how to use the internet...
DATE: Feb 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Ocean pollution has reached “crisis proportions”, the former head of an environmental charity has warned.
Anne Hyde, who stepped down as executive director of Keep Bermuda Beautiful last week, said Bermuda had to balance on-island environmental probl...
DATE: Feb 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A champion for Bermuda’s bus drivers and women in the labour movement has died.
Kathy Landy was 66.
Ms Landy, who headed the Bermuda Industrial Union’s bus operators and allied workers division, was also remembered by BIU colleagues as a supporter of...
DATE: Feb 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
The National Museum of Bermuda has launched an educational programmes called “Tracing Our Roots/Routes”.
This year-long series of online presentations and workshops by overseas and local experts and an on-site contemporary art exhibit will support f...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The island’s entertainers’ union sent condolences today to the family of a former government senator and Bermuda Industrial Union veteran who died last week.
The Bermuda Entertainment Union joined other groups and individuals who earlier paid tribute...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Minister of Education has called for people to participate in “prototyping activities” which will form part of the redesign of Bermuda’s public education school system.
Diallo Rabain made the call during a press conference this afternoon where he...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A former education permanent secretary yesterday condemned the proposed closure of West End Primary School because it would “throw away its legacy”.
Ellen-Kate Horton, who attended the Sandys school during segregation, said that its place in the hist...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Primary school buildings are outdated and not fit to provide the education system of the future, the Commissioner of Education has claimed.
Kalmar Richards spoke out at a public meeting for St. George’s Parish residents last night on Government plans...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A pressure group is calling for religion to be banned from public school assemblies, claiming it is a coercive form of oppression that breaches the rights of children.
Social Justice Bermuda also argued that students who exercise their right to opt o...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
LaVerne Furbert, a former government senator and stalwart of the Bermuda Industrial Union, has died.
Ms Furbert was 74.
David Burt, the Premier, yesterday led tributes to Ms Furbert and offered condolences to her family.
Mr Burt said she was the “ver...
DATE: Feb 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan