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The Bermuda College honoured two local men for their contributions to society last week.
The college bestowed honorary fellowships to David Wingate and Dean Furbert.
Dr Wingate has been involved in conservation efforts in bermuda for decades. He live...
DATE: Feb 01, 2011
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Education
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A new programme that will ensure summer time employment in the hospitality industry launched yesterday.
The ten-week course has been organised by the Bermuda Hospitality Institute and guarantees 20 lucky students a full-time job this summer upon comp...
DATE: Feb 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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A teacher who claims she was made seriously ill by mould at CedarBridge Academy is suing the Ministry of Education and the school's board of governors.
Lawyers for Somerset mother-of-three and grandmother Wendy Robinson appeared before a judge on Fri...
DATE: Jan 31, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A cannabis campaigner told MPs that marijuana should no longer be banned by law and instead be “reclassified as a food”.
Gershwyn Smith, of community activist group The Young Progressives, said the Island’s drug laws had increased the community’s pr...
DATE: Jan 31, 2011
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Crime
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Virtual Learning has passed the first test at Warwick Academy.
The school's virtual learning system, Frog, went “live” on Friday, and is in use by all teachers.
Now Warwick Academy wants to spread the idea, and has invited other schools to a February...
DATE: Jan 31, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A film about Bermudian students exploring an unidentified shipwreck debuts tomorrow.
The students took part in the exercise while aboard the Spirit of Bermuda during the last academic year.
A spokesman said: “’Reefs, Wrecks and Renegades’ captures an...
DATE: Jan 29, 2011
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Other
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Many young black men involved with crime and other negative behaviours have low self-esteem and an unhealthy view of themselves as black people.
The statement was made last night by Bermuda College professor Quinton Sherlock, who said many of the Is...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Other
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Defence lawyer and MP Mark Pettingill will push for longer sentences for gang members when the House of Assembly reconvenes next month.
Mr Pettingill hopes his amendment to the Criminal Code will land proven gangsters with up to ten years longer behi...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Young boys are selling drugs in schools, becoming desensitised to gun violence and getting more sophisticated in their dealings with police, an educator told parliamentarians yesterday.
Lisa Trott, a counsellor at Whitney Institute Middle School, tol...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Gang members are enrolling at Bermuda's Adult Education Centre to gain their GEDs and, in some cases, learn to read and write.
Young men are using the facility both to try to better themselves educationally and to stay off the streets and out of trou...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
