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A 16-year-old girl who threw boiling water over a sleeping man in “a one-off moment of madness” because of his relationship with her mother has narrowly avoided jail.
Magistrates’ Court heard that during the early hours of June 15, Quaashie Douglas, ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2015
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of a charity set up to help families.
But Family Centre founder Martha Dismont said she was focused on the future not the past.
Ms Dismont said: “It re-energises us year after year when you see families come in...
DATE: Aug 06, 2015
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The University of Oxford has acquired a collection of books about the history of race and resistance in Bermuda, with an event being organised to celebrate the exchange.
Five Bermudian authors will give readings from selected books from the newly ac...
DATE: Aug 05, 2015
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Isis Wellman, a counsellor for the Turning Point Substance Abuse Programme, has been awarded the 2015 grant from the Duperreault Fellowship.
The endowment supports the development of residents in the field of substance abuse.
Ms Wellman’s award will ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2015
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A Bermudian student is taking an unprecedented look at the origins of the Island’s distinctive dialect.
Rosemary Hall has spoken to dozens of residents and trawled through the archives as part of her extensive MPhil thesis on the evolution of “Bermud...
DATE: Aug 05, 2015
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The Garden Club of Bermuda has announced four new recipients for its 2015 scholarship.
They are Kidane Callender, Hutson Carter II, Jayson Jackson and Anna Terceira. Three of the awardees, Mr Callender, Mr Carter II and Ms Terceira were previous winn...
DATE: Aug 05, 2015
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A young Bermudian chef has earned a prestigious Canadian culinary certification.
Kieshe Simmons, 21, completed a three-year apprenticeship programme and sat a final exam to achieve her Red Seal accreditation.
“Red Seal is basically your bachelor’s ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2015
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Four Bermudian students have been awarded $10,000 in scholarships to further their aspirations in interior design.
The field entails far more than selecting fabrics or colours, according to the Bermuda Society of Interior Designers, which presented t...
DATE: Aug 04, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Rules have been unveiled covering parental input at public-funded primary and middle schools in time for the coming school year.
The rules, which complement Parent-Teacher Associations, give parents the autonomy to make their own advisory councils an...
DATE: Aug 04, 2015
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Aspiring litigator, Madeleine Fox has been awarded a prestigious scholarship by law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman after being accepted to read law at Oxford University.
Ms Fox already holds a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley...
DATE: Aug 04, 2015
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