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The history of abolitionist and National Hero Mary Prince is to be the focus of a series of events this summer.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, told the House that special tours designed to showcase Mary Prince’s B...
DATE: Jul 22, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Five prison inmates have been awarded their GEDs in a ceremony held at the Co-Educational Facility.
Daymon Simmons, Dion Cholmondeley, Detré Ford, André Richardson and Mikiel Thomas all successfully completed the GED programme.
Mr Simmons also succes...
DATE: Jul 22, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Police Service have renamed a meeting room at Hamilton Police Station in honour of the first Bermudian-born commissioner.
The Commissioner Frederick C.B. “Penny” Bean Community Meeting and Media Room was unveiled at a ceremony attended by...
DATE: Jul 22, 2019
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The Government will continue to put Bermudians first in the future, the Premier pledged yesterday.
David Burt said that his administration has “made progress in delivering on our promises” in its first two years.
He added: “As we look forward to t...
DATE: Jul 20, 2019
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Legislation to raise the mandatory retirement age for Public Service workers by three years was passed with unanimous support in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the Public Service Superannuation Amendm...
DATE: Jul 20, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two students have been given a leg-up to continue their studies by the Chubb Charitable Foundation.
Kiara Virgil-Wainwright, a recent graduate of the Berkeley Institute and Bermuda College dual enrolment programme, was awarded the Bermuda College Edu...
DATE: Jul 19, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Schoolgirls have created a public artwork to mark a milestone in space exploration.
Pupils from Bermuda High School painted the space-themed mural on the new Pembroke headquarters of security firm Bermuda Security Group.
The project was a collabora...
DATE: Jul 19, 2019
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Legislation designed to set up a commission to examine the creation of a minimum wage is to be debated in the House of Assembly today.
The Employment (Wage Commission) Act 2019 is among six Bills expected to be discussed in what was predicted to be a...
DATE: Jul 19, 2019
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Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, highlighted the winners of government scholarships this morning in the House of Assembly.
There were almost 50 awards made in a variety of areas of study.
Among the winners were Taj Donville-Outerbridge, Ryan...
DATE: Jul 19, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An all-female panel comprised four Bermudian academics and an American professor presented research on Bermuda as part of a two-day conference hosted by the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, entitled “Racialisation and Publicness in...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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