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Christmas cheer carried over into January as the Pembroke Rotary Club announced the winners of the 2019 Christmas Essay Competition.
The annual contest has run for the past four years, and is open to both public and private schools at the primary, mi...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Health would like to inform the public that the application period for the Dr. Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarship will open on February 10. The application period will conclude on 30 April 2020.
The Ministry of Health awards the...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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Health
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Press Release
Two trailblazers are to be celebrated at a dinner to mark Black History Month at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club.
Ruth Thomas and Gil Tucker will speak about their personal experiences and the importance of black history at the event.
Ms Thomas, a...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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Teaching assistants could be in line for a pay rise in the next Budget in the wake of proper job descriptions being finalised after more than 20 years.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers said it was “reasonably optimistic” that a wage increase for classro...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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Education
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Patients 1st Bermuda, a pressure group with 10,000 supporters to improve healthcare reform, is hosting a ‘Health Plan Talk in the Park’ this Friday Feb 7th.
The group was started by concerned medical professionals and has now grown to a community fo...
DATE: Feb 04, 2020
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Health
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Press Release
The sugar tax, imposed on October 1, 2018, collected $5,402,000 by December 1, 2019.
The extra duty on sugary foods and drinks, aimed at reducing diabetes and obesity, was raised to 75 per cent in April last year, with the revenue to be used for heal...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parents were urged to keep their children off school if they showed signs of whooping cough after two confirmed cases of the highly contagious illness.
Staff at Somersfield Academy announced a string of precautionary measures yesterday in efforts to ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An organisation dedicated to science education has become Bermuda’s newest charity.
Carika Weldon, founder and executive director of the Bermuda Principles Foundation, said charitable status would help the organisation broaden its impact.
Dr Weldon, ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A career fair at a Devonshire school was designed to help pupils find their passion, the school’s head said yesterday.
Kimberly Creighton, principal at Elliot Primary School, said that the event, held for the third time, was created to help showcase...
DATE: Jan 31, 2020
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Education
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The organisers of the 2020 Ag Show have donated a series of small gardens to schools and other organisations around the island.
The gardens, once planted, will be eligible to compete in the annual exhibition this April.
Antwan Albouy, the exhibition’...
DATE: Jan 28, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes