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Sexual assault is “pervasive” in Bermuda, according to one leading island social worker.
Laurie Shiell-Smith, executive director of the Centre Against Abuse, said that the organisation began using the #MeToo campaign to “let other survivors know tha...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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The International Business community will help middle school students with social studies and business studies as part of a new partnership.
Education minister Diallo Rabain told the House of Assembly a new public-private partnership with the Associa...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Grieving mothers who have endured the pain of losing sons to violent crime have come together to form a support group.
Mothers on a Mission was officially launched yesterday in a bid to help tackle the fallout from gun crime and violence in Bermuda.
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DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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A renowned clinician and educator will return to the island next week to speak about race and trauma.
Kenneth Hardy, a professor of family therapy at Drexel University in Philadelphia, is being brought back to the island by the Family Centre.
While o...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Friends of Hospice is continuing the conversation on death and dying with a community event this weekend.
The final activity of World Hospice and Palliative Care Week will feature a panel discussion and activities for participants.
Friends of Hospi...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Health
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News Staff
An international travel conference is set to be held on the island in what the Bermuda Tourism Authority described as a “double win”.
The 32nd Educational Travel Consortium Signature Conference is expected to bring more than 400 travel planners and t...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Union of Teachers has invited one of the original Freedom Writers — a group of teenagers disillusioned after the LA riots in 1992 — to be a keynote speaker at an education conference that starts today.
Manny Scott — who found hope through...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An American country singer has donated two acoustic guitars to CedarBridge Academy to help introduce students to music.
Jessica Lynn, who performed at the Bermuda Festival earlier this year, visited the school as part of a student outreach programme....
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students attending Paget Primary school’s autism department have learnt how to “trust the unknown” through the Endeavour’s education-through-sailing programme.
According to Freda Trimm, special aid teacher at the school, the students were taught how ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A group of Saltus Grammar School students have travelled to Canada to look at potential universities.
The annual trip by senior year students is aimed at helping help them explore different options for further education.
They left Bermuda on Saturday...
DATE: Oct 18, 2017
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Education
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