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Jobs at The Salvation Army could be under threat due to a shortfall in funding, Bermuda’s divisional commander Major Frank Pittman has revealed to The Royal Gazette .
The charitable religious organisation received $411,089 from 697 donors last year,...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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Bermuda has a distinct advantage over other nations when studying ocean pollution, according to researchers.
More and more debris from North and South America, the Caribbean and even Africa, is washing up on the island’s shores, Anne Hyde, executive ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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Environment
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Lingerie stores and barbershops are giving out male and female condoms ahead of Valentine’s Day this week.
The initiative was organised by the Department of Health to mark Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day on Friday.
“It’s an annual even...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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Health
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Staff and PTA executives at Gilbert Institute are holding an emergency meeting to come up with an action plan they hope will save the school from closure.
The Paget school is the island’s only one that provides services for the deaf and hard-of-hear...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
The charity Tomorrow’s Voices is hosting a workshop next week as it raises awareness of autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities.
The event, “Skill generalisation — what does that really mean?”, will provide strategies and tactics to ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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Three meetings will be held by Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, on the issue of school reorganisation, the Ministry announced this afternoon.
“All stakeholders, including parents, educators and community members are invited to attend to learn ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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A public meeting has been called in St David’s to rally opposition to the potential closure of the primary school.
The event, in the school’s assembly hall on Monday at 6.30pm, is in response to an announcement from education minister Wayne Scott tha...
DATE: Feb 11, 2016
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Education
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The financial viability of reorganising the island’s primary school system remains unknown as the Bermuda Government-commissioned Score report indicates it was “unable to make an assessment of potential cost savings”.
According to the school reorgan...
DATE: Feb 10, 2016
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A leading neurosurgeon will be the keynote speaker at next month’s “Docs for Dinner” event, hosted by Bermuda Healthcare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic.
Keith Black, who has performed some 4,000 brain surgeries, will talk on the “emerging imaging ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2016
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Shadow health minister Lovitta Foggo has branded the Bermuda Government’s plan to potentially close schools as “foolhardy, reckless and irresponsible”.
Ms Foggo was responding to the release this Monday of the full, 196-page school reorganisation (Sc...
DATE: Feb 10, 2016
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Sarah Lagan