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The arid back-country of rural Namibia has just provided an unlikely venue for management training, combined with community service, for Philippe Froncioni of Amlin Bermuda.
Helping to build a cooking house for a primary school in the north of the sp...
DATE: Sep 30, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Trunk Island could become the centrepiece of environmental education programmes, according to the Bermuda Zoological Society.
Ian Walker, principal curator of the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, told Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday that as cahows ret...
DATE: Sep 30, 2015
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public authorities will be encouraged to take a very “user-friendly” approach when it comes to public access to information (Pati) requests, a meeting heard last night.
Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez said some authorities were insisting...
DATE: Sep 29, 2015
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s “secretive” system of government will be cracked open when the first major disclosures under Pati are made, according to the Island’s first information commissioner.
Gitanjali Gutierrez said the Island’s Westminster system was traditionally...
DATE: Sep 28, 2015
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Sam Strangeways
She’s only ten but she’s got a good grip on the ancient world and civilisations, and is not adverse to tackling maths questions designed for high school students.
Joanna Santiago is proving to be a model student and was recently chosen to participat...
DATE: Sep 28, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association is to host an information session to discuss the formation of parent councils and to outline why the organisation is in legal proceedings with the Ministry of Education.
The session is to take place on ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
A Maker Faire, a family-friendly science fair dedicated to craft and technology enthusiasts and tinkerers, is open to all today at the Bermuda College’s Tech Hall.
The event is a local version of a popular gathering that started in the San Francisco ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
There wasn’t a cloud in the sky yet everyone at the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy was drenched.
Teachers, students and volunteers all took part in the school’s HSBC-sponsored “Back to School Fun Day” yesterday. Wayne Scott, the Minister of Educat...
DATE: Sep 26, 2015
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Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre is rallying the community to take part in Breast Cancer Awareness Month throughout October.
In a series of events, people will be reminded about the importance of screening and early detection to help tackle the disea...
DATE: Sep 25, 2015
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A physician is to launch what he believes is the first medical school scholarship in Bermuda.
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...
DATE: Sep 25, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
