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Staff from Markel Bermuda Limited helped children get ready for the new term with a back-to-school drive.
The company collected backpacks, lunch boxes and shopping bags full of markers, crayons and other school supplies by organising a drop-off box i...
DATE: Sep 12, 2016
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Education
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Canon Norman Lynas promoted a spirit of peace, justice and consolation at a wreath-laying ceremony in memory of two former Saltus Grammar School students who lost their lives in the September 11 attacks.
Boyd Gatton and Robert Higley, 38 and 29 respe...
DATE: Sep 12, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Devonshire residents have called on the Bermuda Government to sort out the mountain of blue bags being stored at the old recycling facility. With the Material Recovery Facility in Hamilton Parish only working “sporadically” since March, a backlog of ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2016
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Environment
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The island’s incinerator is burning dirty recyclables that cannot be processed by the recycling plant.
According to Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s executive director, the Material Recovery Facility in Hamilton Parish is not equipped to handle severely cont...
DATE: Sep 10, 2016
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Environment
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Government has reminded students that their bus passes are good for unlimited travel on all scheduled bus services throughout the school year.
“The passes must be presented to the bus operator upon boarding,” said a statement from the Department of P...
DATE: Sep 09, 2016
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Students are being invited to sign up to the award-winning health programme Jump 2B Fit which begins on Monday.
The programme, which is free and open to any student over the age of 7, will have open recruitment sessions during the month of September ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Education minister Wayne Scott said yesterday he hoped to see a “plan etched in stone” that would see a Bermudian take the role of education commissioner.
His comments came after a news report on ZBM on Tuesday evening revealed non-Bermudian, Dubai-b...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A phenomenal outpouring of support for a back-to-school charity drive managed to meet the needs of every child registered with the group.
“The response from the community has been absolutely amazing; people are still sending in donations,” said activ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The opening of the school term will be delayed at Clearwater Middle School until tomorrow because of a fault in the air-conditioning unit.
However, according to acting education commissioner Freddie Evans, the rest of the island’s schools are adequat...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More than 5,000 public school students have headed back to school today.
Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, visited Heron Bay Primary School, T.N. Tatem Middle School, Gilbert Primary School and Purvis Primary School to wish the youngsters good ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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