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It was a bittersweet graduation ceremony by the Adult Education School (AES) to pay homage to a student who died before he found that that he passed his General Education Development diploma (GED).
School head Donna Daniels requested a moment of sile...
DATE: Jun 26, 2013
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Portuguese language courses are set to start at Bermuda College this fall, according to Vasco Da Gama president Andrea Moniz-DeSouza.
The college will initially offer beginner-level courses in the language, but Mrs Moniz-DeSouza said if the courses a...
DATE: Jun 25, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Mark Nash has been named president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda.
He was selected by the group’s central council to fill a vacancy left by outgoing president Cordell Riley.
Mr Nash will sit in the post until the organisation’s next annual g...
DATE: Jun 25, 2013
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Bermuda College students’ consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs has been surveyed for the first time.
The National Drug Control Department’s poll of 243 students over the spring semester showed alcohol as the drug of choice — but revealed t...
DATE: Jun 24, 2013
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Government has imposed a cap on scholarship funds which have provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial assistance to gifted students.
New legislation tabled in the House of Assembly today will put a ceiling of $35,000 on each of eight gr...
DATE: Jun 22, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A long-serving St David’s teacher and counsellor popularly known as “Auntie Helene” has died aged 89.
Helene Paynter, who taught for more than 30 years at St David’s Primary School, was also the daughter of the school’s founder, Hilton Richardson.
“S...
DATE: Jun 21, 2013
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Former Regiment Commanding Officer Brian Gonsalves last night exhorted the latest crop of Mount Saint Agnes graduates to take ownership of their lives, their community and live their passions.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Bermuda’s only Rom...
DATE: Jun 21, 2013
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The first set of all-male student graduates from Sandys Secondary Middle School selected to participate in a three-year Male Mentoring Programme were honoured yesterday.
At a special ‘Closing out Ceremony’ the 38 teenaged boys were urged to set goals...
DATE: Jun 21, 2013
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The Berkeley Institute yesterday celebrated retiring principal Michelle Simmons and her 20 years in the post.
But while Mrs Simmons only has two weeks remaining as principal, she promised to remain a part of the school.
“I will continue to serve Berk...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Premier Alex Scott has been appointed Commander of the British Empire, and charity founder Clem Talbot recognised as Member of the British Empire along with Raleigh Bermuda’s Michael Spurling.
For Mr Scott, the accolade made for “an exhilarati...
DATE: Jun 15, 2013
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