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People looking for a career on the water will soon be able to earn international certifications on island through the newly launched Bermuda Maritime Academy.
The non-profit organisation is set to offer standards of training, certification and watchk...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Young learners will have the chance to chart their own educational course as part of a new class at Mount Saint Agnes Academy.
The school’s Early Learning Programme is a play-based programme that invites children to choose topics of study based on t...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A “department wide meeting” will be held tomorrow from 9am to noon by all staff at the Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation, a spokeswoman advised.
It will affect services including community centres, the tennis stadium, softball diamond and DYS...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 57-year-old man who was reported as missing has been found, police said this afternoon.
Antoine Ashton Mouchette was last seen at about 8.30am on Friday, September 23 in the area of Swansville Drive, Warwick.
Police issued an appeal to help find Mr...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Government is planning to create a vertical farming industry — not just one project, it has been revealed.
Jason Hayward, the Minister for the Economy, unveiled the plan at a press conference yesterday, saying that an announcement on the developm...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The race has officially started for the leadership of the Progressive Labour Party.
The deadline for declarations of intention to stand in the upcoming election closed last night.
Curtis Dickinson, the former finance minister, has already announced h...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
An annual event full of “pomp and pageantry” will take place next month after it was postponed earlier this year.
The Peppercorn Ceremony will be held on King’s Square in the Town of St George on October 12.
It was planned for last April but was push...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Minister of Health, Kim Wilson, is to hold a press conference today at 10.30am which is expected to focus on the coronavirus pandemic and how the island moves forward.
It comes after the minister announced earlier this week that emergency powers ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The island’s active cases of Covid-19 have fallen to a new low, as 37 were confirmed by health officials yesterday — with no one being treated in hospital.
It comes as Kim Wilson, the health minister, is to address the House of Assembly tomorrow on p...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Groundbreaking” research has shed fresh light on the migrating humpback whales that could help to bring international status to Bermuda’s waters.
Whale researcher Andrew Stevenson, who spent years collecting data for use in the study, is to bring th...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell