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Intrepid kayakers will take to the seas once more this month for a 40-mile journey around the island to raise funds for a good cause.
Kayaking for Kids collected more than $36,000 for charity Saving Children and Revealing Secrets at their inaugural ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2017
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Bermudian doctor Jordan Simmons, 27, has been celebrated by her family for graduating magna cum laude this summer from St George’s University.
Now working as a resident doctor in internal medicine at Albany Medical Centre in New York, Dr Simmons scor...
DATE: Sep 13, 2017
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A proposed sugar tax should not concentrate on sodas, the head of an island soft drinks distributor said yesterday.
Bruce Barritt, general manager of John Barritt & Son warned that a fresh tax on soft drinks could impact business and jobs.
He said: ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2017
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Bermuda Healthcare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic will be hosting its quarterly “Docs for Dinner” event at Café Lido tomorrow.
The guest speaker is Jay Alexander Graham, an abdominal transplant surgeon in the Bronx at Montefiore Medical Centre, wh...
DATE: Sep 13, 2017
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Health
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News Staff
Shadow education minister Cole Simons said the Ministry of Education has no refurbishment or remediation plan for public schools after Dellwood Middle School was closed off in areas to treat mould yesterday.
Mr Simons added that, when he was educatio...
DATE: Sep 13, 2017
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Waleed Lightbourne always wanted to be a nurse.
His mother worked as a nurses’ aide for more than four decades and the love and care she showed her patients inspired him.
As the first male graduate of the Bermuda College’s Associate Degree in Nursi...
DATE: Sep 13, 2017
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Saltus Grammar School students gathered yesterday to honour the memories of alumni Boyd Gatton and Robert Higley, who lost their lives in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
Continuing a poignant annual tradition for the school, a wreath was la...
DATE: Sep 12, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Zimbabwean author Martin Ganda met with students at Somersfield Academy to discuss his book, which was selected as the secondary department’s summer reading text.
Every year the school invites authors to speak with students with a view of providing m...
DATE: Sep 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government’s view that a lack of education and economic opportunities is behind the island’s violence is an oversimplification, a leading anti-violence advocate said.
Desmond Crockwell, chief editor of anti-violence magazine Visionz, said a vari...
DATE: Sep 12, 2017
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Excitement was in the air as students returned to school after the long summer break yesterday.
Thanks to the combined efforts of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Public Works — coupled with a host of work rallies organised by Angela You...
DATE: Sep 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan