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A 24-hour relay race supporting cancer testing and treatment has secured sponsorship from insurer Ironshore.
The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s Relay for Life, which kicks off at 6pm on May 30, will take over the National Sport Centre’s North Fie...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Warwick Academy pupil has been named number one after a gruelling test of maths skills.
Anna Francoeur, aged 11, came out on top and scooped the $2000 top prize after 220 schoolchildren took part in the competition, the tenth of its kind.
One of th...
DATE: Apr 28, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A multi-purpose sports court in St George’s is set to formally open next month following a successful fundraising campaign.
The court, erected for students at St George’s Preparatory School, was completed earlier this year following a drive to raise ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cherie Whitter has been appointed Deputy Head of the Civil Service, while the Ministry of Education and Economic Development has two new Permanent Secretaries.
Ms Whitter, a former Director of Tourism, was given the job on a temporary basis earlier t...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Imagine Bermuda will be hosting a community meeting next week to broaden public awareness about a successful online education tool called Khan Academy.
Founded by American Salman Khan in 2009, the Khan Academy website features thousands of education...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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Students at Warwick Academy got a virtual round-the-world tour this week in celebration of their International Day.
Lower primary pupils took special “passports” to seven continents, wearing clothes from the regions. The youngsters did an activity re...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Three Bermudian nurses studying in Miami’s Barry University have made the grade to get inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honour Society for Nursing.
Khamani Fox, 24, Dunae Richards, 23, and Angelita Trott, 22 have demonstrated leadershi...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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More than three-quarters of Bermuda’s residents want to see a protected marine reserve around the Island, according to a poll commissioned by global activist network Avaaz.
The organisation, which this week launched an online letter-writing campaign ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The mighty yellow ducks are back again: Friends of Hospice, in tandem with Belco, have announced the 18th Annual Rubber Duck Derby in support of Agape House and hospice care.
The Duck Derby Race will take to the waters at 2pm on June 1 from Ordnance ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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Former Bermuda High School Head Girl Aliyyah Ahad has been named as Bermuda’s 2014 Rhodes Scholar.
“It is an absolute honour,” an elated Ms Ahad told The Royal Gazette last night, adding that it had also come as a surprise to learn that she’d been su...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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