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The Minister of Social Development and Sports Zane DeSilva has met the recipients of this year’s Bermuda Arts Council Student Grant Awards.
Mr DeSilva said: “It was such a pleasure to meet with the award recipients and hear about their exciting plan...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Talk is good — as champion debater Kenza Wilks can attest.
Learning the structured arguing of a point is “more and more important” in today’s acrimonious world.
Fresh from the World Schools Debating Championships in Bali this month, Mr Wilks ranked f...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The mother of a special needs adult has criticised the island’s lack of resources, claiming clients are being neglected.
And the woman said the only specialist unit, the K. Margaret Carter Centre, was decades behind international standards and had co...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A summer student at the Mid- Atlantic Wellness Institute has created sensory tools for people with learning difficulties using colourful feathers salvaged from this year’s carnival outfits.
Tatiana King has been interning at the institute for six we...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two long-serving Salvation Army employees have stepped down following more than a decade of service.
Lionel Cann and Rosemary Phillips were honoured at a standing-room only event held at the organisation’s North Street citadel.
Since 2005, Mr Cann ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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A homeless man yesterday admitted stealing a bank card from a car and using it to make more than $500 of purchases.
Gavin Hayward, 48, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to charges of causing wilful damage and stealing, in addition to four counts of d...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Four stranded jet skiers were rescued by marine police 3 nautical miles north of Tynes Bay on Saturday.
At 2.20pm, Bermuda Radio received a call reporting two broken-down jet skis — one possibly capsized — about a mile east of Dockyard.
Bermuda Radi...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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News Staff
Police are to hold a community outreach event in North Hamilton this week.
Organised by the force’s Central Action Team, the area’s own CAT officer PC Arthur Dill will be on hand on Court Street in a clinic designed to let the public air their conce...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, turned up in person to bring birthday greetings to renowned Bermudian actor Earl Cameron on his 100th birthday in England.
“It was an honour to meet this distinguished and much-accomplished Bermudian and to...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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Bermuda’s student debate team enjoyed a promising start at this year’s World Schools Debating Championships, although illness forced the group’s withdrawal during the preliminary rounds.
The island was represented in Bali, Indonesia, by Megan Sutclif...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell