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Marsh and Guy Carpenter has announced three charity donations worth $5,000 to Knowledge Quest, Salvation Army and WindReach Bermuda.
The company’s donation to Knowledge Quest is being used to support Bermudian students by funding college and universi...
DATE: Aug 31, 2015
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Taking the plunge and going outside her comfort zone paid off for 23-year-old Shuntelle Paynter, a forensic science student who decided to try something different and teach English in China this summer.
“It was a big culture shock — however, you lea...
DATE: Aug 31, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
A back-to-school event organised by a group of Progressive Labour Party MPs has been deemed a roaring success, with more than 400 people taking part.
Michael Weeks, the Shadow Minister of Culture, said the annual event first came about six years ago ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Society of Arts (BSOA) has announced its annual bursary award recipient.
Sarai Jahdai Hines, 20, is studying a postgraduate degree in education secondary art and design and received the award of $5,000. She was one of 14 aspiring artists ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2015
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Stress in children leads to inappropriate sexualised behaviour, violence and bullying in schools, and educational struggles, according to clinical psychologist Sandy De Silva.
The director of services at Family Centre said trends in Bermuda’s econom...
DATE: Aug 31, 2015
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Students at Saltus Grammar School are celebrating after achieving a 100 per cent pass rate in IGCSE results.
The school announced 28 per cent of students received five or more A/A* grades, including three students from grades 6, 7 and 9: pupils aged ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2015
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Bermuda is decades behind the rest of the world because of its failure to outlaw discrimination on the grounds of mental health, according to the Human Rights Commission.
The group yesterday said it aims to add protection on the grounds of mental hea...
DATE: Aug 31, 2015
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The Bermuda Toastmasters Club is reaching out to young people through its new Gavel Club programme.
The group, which aims to help people improve their public-speaking skills through impromptu talks, is also moving into schools to help students develo...
DATE: Aug 29, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Economist Craig Simmons believes that relying exclusively on foreign investment to boost Bermuda’s finances is a “grossly unbalanced” strategy and wants more encouragement to be given to smaller, local investors. In a detailed Q&A with The Royal Gaze...
DATE: Aug 28, 2015
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The transfers of some 30 teachers and six principals are hanging in the balance less than two weeks before the start of the new school term as arguments rumble in the courts over whether parents were properly consulted about the moves.
The Bermuda Pa...
DATE: Aug 28, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
