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A physician is to launch a medical school scholarship for Bermudian students.
JJ Soares, who runs Hamilton Medical Centre, told The Royal Gazette his own humble background inspired him to set up the $10,000-a-year fund.
“I didn’t come from a rich fam...
DATE: Sep 25, 2015
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Public schools will benefit from extra advantages if they opt to form parent councils but they will not lose existing rights, according to the acting commissioner of education Dr Freddie Evans.
Speaking to The Royal Gazette as the Department of Educ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
A growing number of teenaged boys and young men appearing in court have a history of smoking marijuana, according to senior magistrate Juan Wolffe.
Mr Wolffe said that he and his magistrate colleagues could “draw the inference that there is a strong ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2015
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Local students have had a special visitor this week: children’s author Tish Rabe has been calling at a few schools, with a special presentation set for 2pm today at the Youth Library auditorium.
The United States writer, also a singer and songwriter,...
DATE: Sep 23, 2015
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Two senior members of staff at Saltus Grammar School have received an internationally recognised award.
Deputy head and director of advancement, Jon Beard, and director of admissions and parent relations, Amanda Skinner, were awarded a professional d...
DATE: Sep 23, 2015
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The Institute of Bermuda Architects has announced the recipients of its Stanley G Kennedy Architectural Award.
Azra Smith and Kejon Sampson have been jointly awarded the scholarship, which was renamed in 2004 in memory of Mr Kennedy, an architect, fo...
DATE: Sep 22, 2015
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A new and visibly safe device for screening the vision of Bermuda’s young students has been brought to the Island for demonstration.
The service has been offered for many years by the Lions Clubs of Bermuda, according to Dessaline Waldron, the organi...
DATE: Sep 22, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Doctors Edward Shultz and Andrea McKee have been announced as the speakers at the next Docs for Dinner event organised by the Bermuda Healthcare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic.
The quarterly event is due to take place on Thursday, September 24, at...
DATE: Sep 22, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
Having graduated from one of America’s top high schools, Sophia Collis hopes to eventually return to her native Bermuda and contribute to the political discourse.
The Phillips Exeter Academy alumnus, 18, is due to enter McGill University in Canada th...
DATE: Sep 21, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A health campaigner is urging people not to be complacent about HIV and Aids — with more than 200 residents living with the infection today as a result of sexual contact.
Russ Ford, cofounder of the Supportive Therapy for Aids persons and their Rela...
DATE: Sep 21, 2015
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