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The Adult Education School has partnered with a raft of local artists in an effort to raise much needed funds to continue their programmes.
Tomorrow night, the AES will be hosting Transformations IV, an art auction and cocktail party fundraiser aimed...
DATE: Mar 15, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Delivering her brief, Jeanne Atherden said the focus of the ministry remains with addressing the issue of obesity and diabetes, along with managing the ageing population.
Noting the reduction in the grant to the Bermuda Hospitals Board, she described...
DATE: Mar 14, 2017
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A break-in at Paget Primary over the weekend brings the tally of recent school burglaries to 12.
According to police, an unknown person or persons gained access to one of the school’s classrooms and “defaced school property” over the weekend.
Infor...
DATE: Mar 14, 2017
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Crime
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Success is about more than material things for Jarryd Simmons — it’s about family and contributing to the community.
The 17-year-old senior student at Impact Mentoring Academy was one of more than ten students who shared motivational poems and speech...
DATE: Mar 13, 2017
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The Bermuda Sloop Foundation turned to “piracy” for a good cause this weekend.
Notable members of the community were taken hostage as part of the Pirates of Bermuda 2017 fundraiser, with the public able to donate funds towards saving or sinking them...
DATE: Mar 13, 2017
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The Government has launched an initiative aimed at getting parents more involved with their children’s education.
However, Mike Charles of the Bermuda Union of Teachers said that in order for such an initiative to be a success, it needs the buy-in of...
DATE: Mar 13, 2017
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Several more government schools are to be investigated for possible mould contamination, education minister Cole Simons told the House of Assembly.
Mr Simons’s remarks come a few weeks after students at TN Tatem Middle School returned after the build...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The fatal stabbing of Raymond Butterfield highlights an ongoing community issue — not a sport issue — which must be stopped to stem a “national crisis”, according to shadow sports minister Michael Weeks.
Mr Weeks said he was “devastated” by the death...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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Security is to be ramped up after burglars inflicted thousands of dollars in damage at eight schools earlier this year.
Cole Simons, the Minister of Education, told Parliament that the Bermuda Government’s facilities team intended to prioritise maint...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The promotion of Freddie Evans to Commissioner of Education won high marks from Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers.
“He has demonstrated, despite all the negatives, that he can do the job,” Mr Charles told The Royal Gaze...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell