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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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Politics
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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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Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
Education
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An online EducationUSA Virtual College Fair for international youth will take place on Wednesday next week.
Open to anyone who has an internet connection, the virtual fair will be available in an interactive online environment, offering potential stu...
DATE: Nov 12, 2015
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Students are being invited to design, build and race their own boats — but they have to be made out of cardboard.
Bermuda’s first Cardboard Boat Challenge is being organised by the Institute of Bermuda Architects and Bermuda Association of Professio...
DATE: Nov 12, 2015
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