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Youngsters at Victor Scott Primary are making a big difference by finding ways to reduce the amount of trash being thrown out, and switching off lights and air conditioning when rooms are not in use to save electricity.
“We’re using 1,000 kilowatts p...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A 22-year-old convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl has been sentenced to five years behind bars.
Kristopher Gibbons, who was 21 at the time of the incident, admitted receiving oral sex from the girl in a friend’s backyard last July, bu...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Security measures put in place at Saltus have proven effective, catching intruders who have attempted to access the school’s property.
Head of advancement Jon Beard said a fence, gates, CCTV and a security guard put in place had been in response to p...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
High school graduates and those looking for a career change are being encouraged to consider nursing.
Of the 490 registered nurses on the Island, 62 percent are non-Bermudians.
An information session about Bermuda College’s Associate of Science in N...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Bermuda National Trust has honoured the “outstanding” work and contributions of those who “have worked for the benefit of Bermuda and its people” at its annual awards ceremony.
Gathered in the Bermuda Room at Elbow Beach last Thursday, awardees w...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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Other
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An olive branch has been offered to trade unions by Premier Michael Dunkley.
And he said that he wanted to foster good industrial relations with the union movement.
Mr Dunkley was speaking after he met representatives of the Bermuda Trades Union Cong...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermudian cruise ship worker Denika Outerbridge has been praised by Government as an example of a young person making the most of an opportunity.
Ms Outerbridge, a 22-year-old Bermuda College graduate, was one of seven young Bermudians who found work...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An African studies programme for children which was axed by the Ministry of Education five years ago is making an independent comeback this summer.
Ashay: Rites of Passage, created by award-winning poet Mwalimu [master teacher] Melodye Micere Van Put...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Two very special boats took to the water for the first time yesterday — both handmade by six middle school pupils.
It took the boys, all 14, just eight months to craft the optimist dinghies from marine plywood under the watchful eye of their design a...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Bermuda HealthCare Services (BHCS) has given the Mirrors Programme a $10,000 boost as part of its Community Support Initiative.
Former Premier and BHCS founder Ewart Brown said: “The establishment of the Mirrors Programme in Bermuda is without a doub...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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