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Freediver Scott Amos has become the first Bermudian to break the 200ft barrier in an international competition.
Mr Amos smashed his own previous record by 11 metres to reach an ocean depth of 61 metres using just a monofin.
Mr Amos, who travelled to...
DATE: Jun 01, 2017
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Bermuda High School has held its second annual Graduation Walk to celebrate the Class of 2017.
Dressed in their caps and gowns, the graduates paraded past more than 300 cheering primary students to allow the younger students to congratulate them and...
DATE: Jun 01, 2017
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Education
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Education Minister Cole Simons has provided a detailed update on the progress of repair work being conducted at public primary schools.
The Score Report identified a series upgrades that needed to be carried out to infrastructure in the public school...
DATE: Jun 01, 2017
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An international expert on plastic marine debris is coming to Bermuda to give a presentation on the growing impacts of plastic pollution in the ocean.
Director of Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas programme Nicholas Mallos will be giving his talk a...
DATE: May 31, 2017
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Teachers and parents turned out for a town hall examining education reform last night.
Dozens attended the Progressive Labour Party-led meeting at Elliot Primary School, which was moderated by Constituency 10 candidate Ernest Peets, who was joined b...
DATE: May 31, 2017
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A new initiative to warn pet owners of fireworks displays is being launched by the Bermuda SPCA.
The charity is asking event planners to contact it if they will be setting off fireworks and it will inform all those signed up to dedicated e-mail aler...
DATE: May 31, 2017
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There has been “ongoing success” in developing a new strategic direction for the public school system, according to a Board of Education representative.
Curtis Dickinson, board chairperson, said that the past two months had been productive.
“During...
DATE: May 31, 2017
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A Bermudian woman is preparing to set up a charity to train women refugees in the Middle East to become Montessori teachers.
Maha Turner, who has taught at Somersfield Academy for nearly 23 years, embarked on the venture to create Mission Montessori...
DATE: May 30, 2017
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The Opposition is playing fast and loose with the facts when it comes to labour relations and school reforms, according to the education minister.
Cole Simons’ statement comes following a Progressive Labour Party press conference held yesterday, in ...
DATE: May 30, 2017
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Senator Tineé Furbert, who was appointed to the Upper House in November, has been declared the Progressive Labour Party’s candidate for Constituency 4, St George’s South.
The announcement yesterday marked the fourth Opposition unveiling this month, a...
DATE: May 30, 2017
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Politics
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