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Bermuda needs to relax its immigration policies and vastly improve the education level of locals if it is to remain competitive in the global job market, a meeting heard today.
Employment expert Doug Soares told Hamilton Rotarians that the Island nee...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Berkeley Institute students marched in a show of respect for former school principal, educator and social justice campaigner Clifford Maxwell.
The funeral at St Theresa’s Cathedral in Hamilton yesterday was packed with Berkeleyites of all ages, inclu...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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The US Consulate will host a 24-hour virtual college fair for international youth next week.
EducationUSA will offer informational webcasts and provide access to more than 100 US institutions of higher learning.
“This virtual fair will work like popu...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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* MarketPlace, Supermart and Lindo’s will introduce ten percent discount shopping days on Wednesdays for one year from December 1 as part of a food cost relief initiative
* Energy cost relief will be sought for residents and businesses by making cha...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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About 100 public school teachers haven’t signed up with the Bermuda Educators’ Council — with one teacher refusing to register, charging the organisation “does nothing”.
However, Bermuda Union of Teachers secretary general Mike Charles urged educator...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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Newly elected Pembroke Hamilton Club (PHC) President Johnny Ball has vowed to do “everything in his power” to maintain ownership of his club’s two-storey building on Reid Street, Hamilton.
But he revealed that selling the building to help the cash-st...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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Colin Thompson
Charitable group Project 100 aims to raise $1.2 million to create a new home for Bermuda’s mentally challenged — it will be the fourth home the group has provided since 2000.
Having seen the success and benefits achieved through the three homes it ha...
DATE: Nov 05, 2013
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Tributes have been paid to veteran educator and desegregation campaigner Clifford Maxwell, who died yesterday at the age of 80.
Dr Maxwell’s 40-year career culminated in his appointment as principal at the Berkeley Institute in 1971, a post he held u...
DATE: Nov 02, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
CARE Learning Centre will stage their third annual fun run and walk-a-thon this Sunday.
The purpose of the event is to raise funds for the school’s 2014 GED programme and Building Better Futures Programme for students who cannot afford school fees.
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DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
With the start of Diabetes Awareness Month today, the Ministry of Health and Seniors is undertaking an Island-wide survey to determine how many people have, or are at risk of, developing diabetes and other chronic diseases.
The announcement comes fro...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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Health
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