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A brand new orphanage in Haiti will stand as a “monument” to the generosity of the Bermudian people with a new school to be built next.
Feed My Lambs charity organiser Phillip Rego said an 11-year-old Bermudian girl, Aliana King, gave him a new lease...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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The Berkeley Institute has proposed cutting more than half its support staff before the coming school year, the Bermuda Public Services Union claims.
Union representatives say they were surprised to learn that eight positions would be axed within one...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday celebrated the 90th birthday of one of its past presidents, Owen H Darrell.
Mr Darrell, who turned 90 on March 16, took the occasion to pass on some sage advice.
“Never grow old,” he told the Rotarians. “Just stay young...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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The Berkeley Institute plans to cut more than half its support staff before the start of the next school year, the Bermuda Public Services Union claimed today.
The school’s 15 custodial, maintenance, secretarial and library staff were told last week ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2011
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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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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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