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The Berkeley Institute has laid out its back-to-school Covid-19 safety precautions in a message to parents.
Pupils returned for orientation days from last Tuesday to Friday to prepare for the start of the school year, delayed from yesterday to later...
DATE: Sep 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A charity head condemned misuse of “back-to-school” gift cards yesterday after two were put up for sale on the internet.
Gina Spence, of Gina Spence Productions, said that a social-media user posted two Each One Reach One cards on the Bermuda Bargain...
DATE: Sep 15, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers were out on the roads yesterday as part of the recovery effort for Hurricane Paulette.
The troops fanned out across the island to assess damage, clear roads, and ensure other emergency service and utility workers could...
DATE: Sep 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Ewart Brown, the former Premier of Bermuda, will discuss his autobiography at an event in the United States designed to celebrate National Literacy Month.
Dr Brown will open Literary SoulFest next week at the Dock Bookshop in Texas, the largest Afric...
DATE: Sep 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A man jailed for a string of sexual offences against a schoolgirl has lost his appeal against his conviction.
Kenneth Hurff Williams, 47, from Pembroke, was sentenced to three years in prison last year after he was convicted in Magistrates’ Court of ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
No new cases of Covid-19 were recorded today after almost 1,200 test results came back to health officials.
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said 1,185 test results had been received and all were clear.
The total number of cases remained at 177, incl...
DATE: Sep 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda College recently recognised forty students who were named to the President’s and Vice-President’s Lists for academic achievement. An evening presentation took place on campus earlier in the week, replacing traditional Convocation ceremonies f...
DATE: Sep 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The Pembroke Parish Council recently presented four Pembroke residents with tuition funding towards their studies at Bermuda College.
Nyree Burgess# received a full tuition scholarship of $6,000 from the Council and is enrolled in the Associates of ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
• Bermuda College will reopen on Wednesday for classes and normal operations, as per pre-Paulette conditions. Most classes will be taught online and students without electricity are invited to come to campus, undergo the required Covid-19 precautiona...
DATE: Sep 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Noon update: Close to 25,000 homes have lost power throughout the island, as Hurricane Paulette continues to strengthen into a strong Category 2 even as it moves slowly north from Bermuda after making landfall early this morning.
Almost 23,000 people...
DATE: Sep 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell