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Young people got life lessons on healthy versus unhealthy relationships at a student leadership summit held at Government House attended by a host of the island’s social service agencies.
Rena Lalgie, the Governor, hosted the gathering with Deputy Go...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Soon Bermuda will know exactly what ends up in house tanks as improvements are planned for the island’s rooftop rain collection method.
Tariq Smith, an environmental scientist and water engineer, last week told Hamilton Rotary Club about what goes in...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Impact Mentoring Academy is accepting applications for the upcoming academic year.
The academy offers an alternative to mainstream education with a mission to challenge young men to discover and develop their potential.
It aims to empower its st...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Business advice firm KPMG is working on a professional development plan for staff at The Berkeley Institute ahead of the school becoming one of the island’s first two signature schools.
Working with The Berkeley Institute’s Signature School Transiti...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Inter Agency Committee for Children and Families joined forces with a local antiracism charity to offer a series of training sessions on historical racism, social injustice and racial healing.
The 7-week series, titled Healing the Practitioner: C...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Long-term residents will be able to apply for permanent residency in Bermuda in a major overhaul of immigration regulations.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, made the announcement at a press conference yesterday afternoon.
Mr Hayward was flank...
DATE: Aug 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government is to provide free training for people looking to work in the energy industry.
Walter Roban, the minister for home affairs, announced the launch of a new course at a press conference last week.
Mr Roban said that a five-day course was comp...
DATE: Aug 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Cambridge curriculum should be scrapped under government’s education reform plans, the former principal of St George’s Preparatory School has said.
Mary Lodge said that the relatively low Cambridge Primary Checkpoint results in English, Maths and...
DATE: Aug 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A long-serving principal at Mount Saint Agnes Academy and one of the island’s last Sisters of Charity has died at 81 after devoting 36 years to the school.
Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Judith Marie Rollo came to Bermuda in 1968 as a nun on ...
DATE: Aug 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A ban on new work permit applications in a slew of job categories has been extended for a further three months until the end of October.
But seven professions have been moved from ‘closed’ to ‘restricted’, meaning that employers can submit work permi...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan