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The executive director of an environmental charity is understood to have been made redundant.
Jonathan Starling, one of Greenrock’s two full-time staff, is believed to have parted company with the charity.
The move is thought to have been made on cos...
DATE: Oct 27, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A former Miss Teen Bermuda who became an international award-winning midwife has spearheaded an attempt to make sure women in war-torn Syria get proper maternity care.
Pandora Hardtman set up a programme to promote safe births in the devastated Middl...
DATE: Oct 26, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Men in sport will play a significant role in steering youngsters away from violence, a government minister said yesterday.
Michael Weeks, the social development and sport minister, said: “Sports clubs and sports teams provide youth with positive role...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A total of 25 new landscapers marked the successful completion of the first level of their national certification at an awards ceremony today,
Students on the parks department horticultural training programme joined instructors and MPs at Bermuda Col...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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A warning about the risk of drugs in Halloween treats was issued today by the Government.
A spokeswoman for the Department of National Drug Control said parents should be wary of unwrapped sweets which may have had marijuana added.
She added: “Mariju...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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News Staff
Bermuda must develop a strategy to cut the cost of care for seniors and help families to look after their relatives at home, the executive director of Age Concern Bermuda said yesterday.
Claudette Fleming said the organisation had highlighted the gro...
DATE: Oct 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Youngsters at Warwick Academy’s primary school took a journey through time this month to mark History Day.
Teachers and students dressed up as their favourite historical figures for the annual celebration on Friday.
History Day uses hands-on learning...
DATE: Oct 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Children as young as 10 could be at risk of gang recruitment, one activist claimed.
Desmond Crockwell, an anti-violence campaigner, warned that schoolchildren could form links with gangs as early as middle school.
He said: “A lot of these young peopl...
DATE: Oct 23, 2018
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Crime
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The job of Deputy Commissioner of Police has been opened up to those at junior management level.
Chief inspectors, as well as more senior ranks, will be eligible for the second-in-command position if they pass a strategic command course in Britain.
T...
DATE: Oct 23, 2018
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Bermuda College students are to wear red tomorrow in a protest against violence.
The initiative was organised by student organisation MenSpeak as part of the college’s Spirit Week.
Lyndon Jackson, the coordinator for MenSpeak, said: “Although this ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan