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Nearly 400 Bermudian students were studying in the United States this year, according to a new report.
The 2015 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange showed 387 Bermudians were studying in the States, making it the second most popul...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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Dark-tinted visors on helmets could be banned under new legislation that will be put before the House of Assembly.
The move, which was announced in yesterday’s Throne Speech by Governor George Fergusson, has been welcomed by crime-fighting agencies a...
DATE: Nov 14, 2015
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Access to medication for chronic illnesses is a vital component of quality healthcare, according to the Bermuda Health Council.
While less expensive drugs would not end the suffering, they would make a difference and enable an environment where adhe...
DATE: Nov 14, 2015
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Absentee ballots allowing students to vote have been proposed for the new legislative year.
The Throne Speech promise makes good on a pre-election pledge of the One Bermuda Alliance, but the issue goes back more than 15 years.
The argument for absent...
DATE: Nov 14, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Despite the beaming sunshine and colourful dresses, the 2015 Speech from the Throne played out in front of a somewhat subdued atmosphere.
Spectators packed into the gazebo on the Cabinet lawn to watch the Island’s politicians gather for what is likel...
DATE: Nov 14, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Family and friends gathered this week to celebrate the life of a devoted mother and passionate advocate for the disabled community in Bermuda.
Ursula Patricia Dunlop, a former lance corporal in the Bermuda Regiment and proud majorette, died at the ag...
DATE: Nov 13, 2015
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The world leader of the Salvation Army launched the Boundless Bermuda Congress yesterday from City Hall as part of the organisation’s 150th anniversary celebrations.
General André Cox called for the movement’s members to “get your hands dirty”, espe...
DATE: Nov 13, 2015
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Mount Saint Agnes Academy remembered Bermuda’s fallen heroes in an early Remembrance Day ceremony.
While Remembrance Day is celebrated on November 11, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, school principal Sue Moench told students gather...
DATE: Nov 12, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A cedar tree has been planted in honour of “community leader” Jim Butterfield at a ceremony to mark National Philanthropy Day.
The annual event by the Bermuda chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) recognises humanitarian effor...
DATE: Nov 12, 2015
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Bermuda College has announced that it has received reaccreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.
In a letter to the college’s president, Duranda Greene, the Commission stated ...
DATE: Nov 12, 2015
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