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Campaigners fear the public are “turned off” by obesity risks despite its crippling impact on Bermuda’s health and economy.
More than 8,000 people suffer from lifestyle and diet-linked type 2 diabetes, with 157 patients on dialysis at the hospital, a...
DATE: Oct 17, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
Maegan Costa and Britney Bannister met in 2008 at the fledgeling Dream Girls Club, a mentorship programme for young girls.
Now, after almost a decade of meetings and activities, the club has honoured their commitment to the programme by awarding them...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Governor John Rankin has launched a drive to boost applications for a UK Government scholarship designed to develop leadership skills.
Mr Rankin said the Chevening Scholarship had not attracted “as many Bermudian applicants in the past as we would li...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
Non-profit groups can now apply for funding online via the Bank of Bermuda Foundation website.
The Foundation, which provides up to $2.5 million in funding to the charitable sector each year, says its “user-friendly format” will capture important inf...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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Anti-drug initiatives and programmes designed to protect children are cost effective in the long term, according to the Minister of Social Development and Sport.
Zane DeSilva said: “US data tells us that for every $1 spent on prevention, education a...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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Bermuda Aviation Services Limited has donated $2,000 to support two literacy charities.
The group gave $1,000 each to the Reading Clinic and the reading festival organised by Bermuda Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
The Reading Clin...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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The Ministry of Education is advising that Dellwood Middle School is closing early today because of plumbing issues.
Water to the school has been shut off due to a burst water main, according to a ministry statement.
Parents and guardians are being c...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It is all about the girls tomorrow when Bermuda plans to celebrate UN International Day of the Girl Child.
Carolyn Thomas Ray, of the Human Rights Commission, and organiser of the annual Bermuda event with husband Chris Ray, said the day was designed...
DATE: Oct 14, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
Staff and students at CedarBridge Academy put on their walking shoes to join the fight against breast cancer and raise funds in support of the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s Radiation Therapy Initiative.
The school staged its inaugural Annual CBA...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
Valerie Robinson-James, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education, should be fired or moved to another role over a bungled bid to fire Commissioner of Education Freddie Evans, his lawyers said yesterday.
Mark Diel of law firm Marshall Diel...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor