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The Pembroke Rotary Club has donated back-to-school supplies to foster children.
The club gave 50 backpacks filled with stationery and other items to the Bermuda Foster Parents’ Association.
Working with the Department of Child and Family Services, t...
DATE: Aug 27, 2015
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Education
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Summer maintenance work at the Island’s schools is nearly complete and they will be open on time for the new term, Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, has assured the public.
However, the ministry is still working to fill “one or two” vacancies b...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A judge has questioned the timing of an attempt to block teacher and principal transfers — two weeks before the new school term.
The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association was in Civil Court yesterday to seek a judicial review against the Ministr...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Martha Dismont has challenged Bermuda’s politicians to demonstrate the leadership behaviour needed to tackle a multitude of social problems.
The executive director of Family Centre noted that Michael Dunkley has continuously called for Bermudians to ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015
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Two young men have received the Southampton Parish Educational Awards for 2015.
Taylor Braithwaite and Carlsen Philip II have both been residents of the parish for more than 20 years and began their education together at Southampton Pre-school.
Mr Br...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015
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Four students have each been awarded the Nicholl scholarship to help pursue their further education.
Lindsay Fisher, Zachary Friesen, Christia Wright and Ashley Berry were each awarded $25,000 scholarships for the period of their present course of st...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A race relations event being held next Monday is to feature a host of local historians, authors and politicians.
The University of Oxford recently acquired a collection of books about the history of race and resistance in Bermuda, and the event is b...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The scholarship charity Knowledge Quest has handed out 12 scholarships to students in need of financial assistance.
The 2015 recipients were: Aisha Jones (Accounting, University of Hertfordshire), Tiffany Bean (Environmental Sciences, Trent Universit...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015
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A 41-year-old teacher has been given a conditional discharge for assaulting her colleague.
Shanika Parfitt, of St George’s, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court this morning to unlawfully assaulting Sarah Robinson on May 27.
The court heard that po...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Learning the fashion business has made it an intriguing summer for Margaret Dunne, the young designer behind the window displays at the AS Cooper department store.
Creating outfits from blank newsprint was no easy task, but the 17-year-old jumped at ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
