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With her uncanny ability to connect with her students and determination to make teaching fun, Hilary Lightbourne was the “kid whisperer”.
Mrs Lightbourne, who died earlier this month, is being fondly remembered for more than three decades as a popula...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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A raft of new discoveries on Smith’s Island have helped archaeologists paint a clearer picture of what life was like for Bermuda’s earliest settlers.
The team led by Michael Jarvis from the University of Rochester have spent the last five weeks excav...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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A telecoms engineer has become the first Bermudian to take part in an international freediving competition.
Scott Amos set a string of national freedive records during the Deja Blue freediving event held in Grand Cayman last month.
His feat is even m...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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For brave Kandice Douglas-Young her 11th birthday at the end of this month is extra special.
The youngster suffers from a rare congenital heart condition and will travel to Boston in August to find out if she will have to undergo potentially life-sav...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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Dexter Smith has been appointed the new Editor of The Royal Gazette.
The 54-year-old Bermudian will succeed Editorial Consultant Tim Hodgson, who has held the post as an interim editor for the past two years.
Bermuda Press (Holdings) Limited, owners...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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Artemis Racing has come to the aid of Bermuda Schools WaterWise.
The Swedish challenger for the 35th America’s Cup has offered to repair a damaged Optimist dinghy used by Sandys Middle School students enrolled in the WaterWise programme that was stol...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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The lateness of the Island’s jobs statistics renders them “absolutely useless”, according to Independent Senator and business observer James Jardine — even as the latest survey shows 800 fewer positions last year.
That figure was released earlier thi...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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A police officer was yesterday morning charged with injuring a man through driving without due care.
Claude Jean, 32, from Devonshire, appeared in uniform in Magistrates’ Court to deny a charge of causing grievous bodily harm to Olatunji Gardiner by ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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Six women this week graduated a training programme designed to teach them how to care for the Island’s elderly.
Aisha Mussenden, Khalilah Dill, Katrina Dowling, Kishona Zuill, Sharon Stowe and Zita Pitt successfully completed the Modular Education Pr...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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The St John Ambulance charity held its annual St John Day Service yesterday at the Anglican Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity.
Governor George Ferguson attended, as did senior medical officers and police staff.
The service was followed by awards and...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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