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Healthcare students have praised a Ministry of Health programme that offered them hands-on experience in their field.
A total of 43 students were employed in various Government departments and quangos this summer.
Char-Lee Simons, who recently gradu...
DATE: Aug 15, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The cost of healthcare was again the main reason for a rise in inflation, a report released today shows.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed that inflation in June was running at 2.8 percent, up from the 2.5 percent in May.
According to the CPI rep...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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Three Bermudian women made history by being the first from the Island to attend a prestigious gender studies programme in Barbados.
Elaine Williams, Deborah Bradford and Robyn Skinner spent all of July on the intensive course at the Caribbean Institu...
DATE: Aug 11, 2011
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The Ross Blackie Talbot Charity Classic yesterday presented $85,000 in educational awards to ten students.
“In this difficult and challenging economic climate we had a record number of applicants,” charity chairman Clement Talbot said.
He congratula...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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Shaunte Simons was crowned the winner of Miss Teen Bermuda Islands 2011 at the Fairmont Southampton this weekend.
The 17-year-old beat out eight contestants to win the crown, and was also named Miss Sweet Charity 2011.
Miss Simons represented Devon...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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A hard-hitting campaign has been launched as a “call to action” to tackle Bermuda’s social ills.
The ads from the Family Centre charity picture young children at play, each wearing labels of the problems they could become.
T-shirts with the words ‘ab...
DATE: Aug 08, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
The body of teenager Jahmeiko Perkins was found in a roadside ditch just hours after he told his cousin he was “coming right back” to help her celebrate her birthday.
The 19-year-old, who was known as Meiko, was last seen alive at a family birthday p...
DATE: Aug 08, 2011
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The MarketPlace have partnered with Just Shirts Dry Cleaners to help the Salvation Army provide school uniforms for needy families. Major Shawn Critch, Divisional Commander for the Salvation Army, said that the demand for school uniforms is high as t...
DATE: Aug 08, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Employers’ Council welcomed Government’s plans to retrain unemployed workers as it noted the Island unemployment problem spreads wide.
BEC, which has previously estimated 3,000 people have lost jobs in a two-year period, said the recent Unemp...
DATE: Aug 05, 2011
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Tim Smith
The average age of unemployed people is 38, according to Government’s recent Unemployed Registration Drive.
Just over 1,000 people registered at the initiative designed to find out the needs of those who have fallen victim to the economic crisis, Eco...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
