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Three Bermudian women joined the ranks of “Women of Great Esteem”.
Bermuda College President Duranda Greene, singer Gita Blakeney-Saltus and Business Bermuda CEO Cheryl Packwood were among six honorees at the 17th annual Women of Great Esteem Emeral...
DATE: May 10, 2013
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Saltus Grammar School played host to a group of about 30 Swedish high school students yesterday.
The Swedes attend Ockero Gymnasieskola near Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city.
They travelled to the Island on T/S Gunilla, a tall ship owned by ...
DATE: May 09, 2013
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More than 9,000 people suffer from asthma in Bermuda, and more than 2,000 of those who suffered chronic attacks ended up in the hospital’s emergency ward last year.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin highlighted the numbers yesterday on World A...
DATE: May 08, 2013
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A fundraising drive has been launched at Bermuda High School for Girls to help students who can’t afford their tuition fees.
Head of School Linda Parker said there were between 20 and 30 pupils who may not be able to return to the school in September...
DATE: May 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The long-awaited amendment to the Human Rights Act which would prohibit sexual orientation discrimination is to be tabled when Parliament reopens on May 17.
Community and Cultural Development Minister Wayne Scott will also be asking Parliament to pro...
DATE: May 07, 2013
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A business that promised to hand over hundreds of dollars of customer donations to a charity has gone bust — without making a single payment to the non-profit organisation.
Last May Bermuda Gold Exchange, which bought unwanted gold for cash, encourag...
DATE: May 07, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A popular private preschool will be closing down at the end of the academic year because of dwindling numbers.
The Montessori Preparatory School on Lightbourne Lane, Smith’s opened in 1998 and teaches youngsters between the ages of two-and-a-half and...
DATE: May 06, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
The head of the charity responsible for bringing a team of dementia experts to the Island claims attitudes towards sufferers needs to change if patient care is to improve.
Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia founder Elizabeth Stewart also questioned w...
DATE: May 04, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A cedar tree donated by the Prospect community has been planted at CedarBridge Academy by the friends, family and fellow students of Nahgé O’Brien.
One year after his death, the 16-year-old science student and promising sailor was remembered at a poi...
DATE: May 04, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A national day of prayer will include an Island-wide moment of silence in the name of Bermuda’s victims of violent crime.
Clergy will also gather tomorrow in the Anglican Cathedral to acknowledge their own shortcomings, Bishop Elect Nicholas Dill yes...
DATE: May 04, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
