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Schoolchildren yesterday lent a hotel a hand and helped decorate a Christmas tree.
Primary 6 pupils from Heron Bay Primary School helped to get Grotto Bay Beach Resort ready for the festive season by decorating one of the resort’s trees. A spokeswoma...
DATE: Dec 05, 2019
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Compulsory police background checks should be carried out on anyone who wants to work with children, the head of a child protection charity said yesterday.
Debi Ray-Rivers, the director of Saving Children and Revealing Secrets, said that police vetti...
DATE: Dec 05, 2019
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Seniors and caregivers quizzed a panel of healthcare experts last night on proposed changes to the healthcare system.
A standing-room-only crowd turned out for the event organised by island charity Age Concern at the Salvation Army Citadel on North ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2019
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An acting principal has been appointed to lead a St David’s middle school.
Lisa Swan will start the role at Clearwater Middle School on January 1.
Ms Swan, the former principal of Heron Bay Primary School, in Southampton, will replace Garita Coddingt...
DATE: Dec 05, 2019
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A chief executive “mercilessly fired” from a key role at the Bermuda Health Council has been appointed to a top job at the island’s psychiatric hospital.
Tawanna Wedderburn will become clinical director of mental health services at the Mid-Atlantic W...
DATE: Dec 05, 2019
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Christmas trees have gone on display in a charity competition at a Hamilton shopping mall.
The nine trees, in the extension of the Washington Mall, were decorated by organisations set up to protect the environment and animals.
Each charity involved g...
DATE: Dec 05, 2019
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An e-waste drive will be launched this weekend to encourage the recycling of electrical items.
The public are asked to bring old laptops, computers, cable boxes, mobile phones and other electronics to the Tynes Bay Waste Treatment Facility to be recy...
DATE: Dec 05, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Hospitals Board advises the public of a temporary road closure scheduled for Monday 9 December 2019 on the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) campus. The closure will affect both vehicular and pedestrian through traffic from approximate...
DATE: Dec 05, 2019
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“No plans” exist to axe the first year of primary school, a Government representative said last night.
The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said that “there are no plans to remove P1 from the Bermuda Public School System”.
She was speaking...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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Two women on a pilot programme to help increase their opportunities said they felt more in charge of their lives only weeks into the scheme.
Tina Ray and Rita Jones were among ten people on the Transformational Support Services programme launched by ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter