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The hard work of local organisations fighting against child abuse and sexual assault was today hailed by the Women of the One Bermuda Alliance.
Nicky Gurret, chair of the OBA Women's Caucus, praised the dedication of frontline organisations including...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A programme created to empower girls and young women will return this summer after a two-year hiatus.
She Leads: A Real World Readiness Programme is now accepting submissions for its week-long life skills course at the start of July.
The course, ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Ministry of Education has pushed back scholarship deadlines after the Bermuda Scholarship website encountered technical problems.
While the deadline was scheduled to be today, the Ministry announced that the deadline would be moved to Friday.
Dia...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new executive director will take the helm at the Women's Resource Centre this weekend.
Tina Laws will take over from Elaine Butterfield at the women’s rights and advocacy charity in Hamilton on Saturday.
Ms Laws said: “I am encouraged and confident...
DATE: Apr 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The deadline for applicants for Government bursaries have has been extended until May 14, a spokeswoman said today.
The Public Service Bursary Awards Scheme offers funding to Bermudians seeking postsecondary education for a discipline that would meet...
DATE: Apr 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The dangers of plastic pollution will be discussed at a special presentation this week.
The talk, The Perils of Plastic Pollution, will examine the human and environmental costs associated with plastic use and disposal and was organised by the Bermu...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The website for the Ministry of Education’s awards and scholarships is temporarily down.
The failure has forced an extension of the deadline for applications to scholarships and awards to 4.45pm on Wednesday.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education,...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A fresh appeal for youngsters to sign up for an anti-abuse programme was made by a child protection charity yesterday.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children appealed to primary and middle school pupils to join its Safety Matters classes as Apr...
DATE: Apr 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Teachers have defended taking tomorrow as a half-term break – and fired a broadside at the Department of Education.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers said the Government request to use the holiday to catch up on lessons lost because of the coronavirus cl...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A grief-stricken family who lost a loved one to violence was struck another blow when they were evicted from their home this week.
But the family – who suffered a massive loss of income because of the Covid-19 pandemic – were saved further stress aft...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell