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Education minister Diallo Rabain has confirmed that the Ministry of Education authorised a public volunteer effort to ensure Bermuda’s public schools are ready for the new term in September.
The first of the “work rallies” took place at Warwick Pres...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Community activist Gina Spence will launch her annual back-to-school campaign next week to provide needy families with uniforms and education supplies.
Gina Spence Productions has again teamed up with Gibbons Company to urge residents to donate “gent...
DATE: Aug 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A Bermuda lottery would be a tax on the poor, the executive director of the Casino Gaming Commission warned yesterday.
Richard Schuetz said a lottery would not benefit the community.
He added: “Lotteries have historically been called a tax on the po...
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Berkeley Institute principal Michelle Simmons has been appointed an independent Senator.
Ms Simmons joins Joan Dillas-Wright and James Jardine as the independents in the Upper House after Carol Bassett, President of the Senate since 2008 and a...
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Four Saltus Grammar School students have won top awards from an examinations board in the United States.
Alexandra Barnes, Christian Oatley, Casey Schuler and Megan Zimmerer were all awarded National AP Scholar and AP Scholar with Distinction.
The aw...
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The school and family of the late Dennikia Lambert were given an honorary bursary and necklaces in her memory during a tearful ceremony held by Rosa’s Cantina and Gosling’s yesterday.
At the ceremony, held at the restaurant, Berkeley vice-principal Q...
DATE: Aug 17, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Learning to care for abandoned animals teaches youngsters care and compassion, a charity said yesterday.
Jodi Corbett, humane education officer at the SPCA, said that the organisation’s annual summer camp helped children develop new skills in animal ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2017
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Other
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A woman born in Bermuda to non-Bermudian parents has won a judicial review over a rejected application to work on the island without restriction.
According to a ruling by Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman, the Minister of Home Affairs had discriminated ag...
DATE: Aug 17, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three students have won Bermuda Government Scholarships as they prepare to begin their studies overseas.
Hannah Eve Marshall, Shanyce Morris and Bakari Simons receive funding towards the cost of their tuition and accommodation, up to an annual maximu...
DATE: Aug 17, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Minister of Social Development and Sports Zane DeSilva has met the recipients of this year’s Bermuda Arts Council Student Grant Awards.
Mr DeSilva said: “It was such a pleasure to meet with the award recipients and hear about their exciting plan...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan