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Warwick Academy is preparing to introduce a new “Reception Year” for students as young as four years old.
Principal Maggie McCorkell said the initiative is hoped to be up and running by September 2015, and will offer youngsters a sound foundation for...
DATE: May 30, 2014
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Reform of Bermuda’s laws on cannabis will today be debated in the House of Assembly.
Government Whip Cole Simons said: “I think it will be a long debate because it’s a topical issue and, as we look at other jurisdictions, they are certainly examining...
DATE: May 30, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Much-loved educator Lorraine Fubler, who taught generations of Bermudian schoolchildren to read, has died at the age of 98.
Ms Fubler’s more than 40 years of teaching began at Central School, now Victor Scott Primary, where she trained before moving ...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pupils at CedarBridge Academy will today stage a special tribute to US writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, who died yesterday aged 86.
The tribute to Dr Angelou, who died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she had ta...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A 16 year old girl was charged this morning with assaulting two teachers at Berkeley Institute.
Taree Wade, of Fentons Drive, Pembroke, pleaded not guilty to unlawfully assaulting and causing bodily harm to Eva Showers and Mary Burgess on May 1.
Acco...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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Bermuda lobbying won Island residents the right to travel visa-free in 26 European countries, a PLP Shadow Minister has claimed.
MP Walton Brown said the UK had attempted to take credit for Bermuda winning visa-free access to the Schengen area of the...
DATE: May 28, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Island’s new Minister of Health, Seniors and the Environment, Jeanne Atherden, was sworn in at a ceremony at Government House yesterday.
Mrs Atherden, who said her experience on the Bermuda Health Council gives her “a unique perspective”, replace...
DATE: May 28, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian student has been picked to attend a major conference on international relations and diplomacy in China.
Danielle Lightbourn was picked from entries from the US and around the world after she shone at the Global Young Leaders Conference, h...
DATE: May 27, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Government is to explore the possibility of introducing a loan programme to help students fund the cost of further education.
A scheme had existed whereby previous Governments had acted as guarantors for bank loans taken out by cash-strapped students...
DATE: May 27, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Deadlines for three scholarships in the hospitality trade have been announced by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The grants have given out more than $850,000 over the last 20 years.
For the Skål Bermuda Scholarships for Hospitality and Tourism Studies...
DATE: May 23, 2014
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