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Bermuda High School came out top in the National Debate Tournament at the weekend.
Both the senior school and middle school finals resulted in an all-BHS line-up competing for the honours in “very close” debates.
But Gladstone Thompson, president of ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Environmental groups have backed a partnership with a US-based organisation designed to transform Bermuda’s transport and energy sectors.
Kim Smith, executive director of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce, said the collaboration was...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A plan to launch a marina development in St George could become a reality soon.
The Government’s Throne Speech suggested that legislation to get the project under way would come in this session of Parliament.
Mark Soares, of Bermuda Yacht Services, i...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ross Tuzo, a master carpenter and saxophonist from the heyday of local music, has died. Mr Tuzo was 90.
He was also a prolific letter writer to The Royal Gazette in correspondence that spanned decades.
Topics ranged from politics, particularly the Pr...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Renovation work at a children’s home appears to have been at a standstill for more than 18 months, with at-risk youngsters housed instead in former administrative offices.
The Youth Development Centre closed temporarily at the end of March last year ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Universal Children’s Day was celebrated yesterday by Family Centre with a fundraiser at its premises on King Street.
The charity also thanked its donors in a gathering at Sunshine League House.
Children’s Day was created by the United Nations in 1954...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Health is to contact local food suppliers after a large-scale outbreak of E. coli in the United States associated with romaine lettuce.
Authorities in the US are trying to control a series of outbreaks.
A Department of Health spokes...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Edwin Smith, Deputy Chair of the Bermuda Arts Council, today led participants through the second instalment of The Bermuda National Gallery’s Art & Value of Your Stories program.
Drawing a parallel between historical paintings of Bermuda and people’s...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The Health Visiting Team of the Department of Health invites postpartum mothers and their families to join the Movin’ Mommas walking group who meet every Tuesday morning at the Botanical Gardens Visitors Center at 10 am and lasts for approximately 45...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The island’s defence force is to launch a fresh drive for new soldiers for the second of its new-style Recruit Camps.
Volunteers for Recruit Camp Alpha, the first of two next year, have until the end of January next year to sign up for training, whic...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff