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Students are being invited to sign up to the award-winning health programme Jump 2B Fit which begins on Monday.
The programme, which is free and open to any student over the age of 7, will have open recruitment sessions during the month of September ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Pete and Annesa Saunders didn’t set out on a 500-mile walk to develop greater patience.
They walked the Camino Francés trail from France to Spain last month to raise $25,000 for Impact Mentoring Academy.
The joy they got from learning to stop and s...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Education minister Wayne Scott said yesterday he hoped to see a “plan etched in stone” that would see a Bermudian take the role of education commissioner.
His comments came after a news report on ZBM on Tuesday evening revealed non-Bermudian, Dubai-b...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
A phenomenal outpouring of support for a back-to-school charity drive managed to meet the needs of every child registered with the group.
“The response from the community has been absolutely amazing; people are still sending in donations,” said activ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
The opening of the school term will be delayed at Clearwater Middle School until tomorrow because of a fault in the air-conditioning unit.
However, according to acting education commissioner Freddie Evans, the rest of the island’s schools are adequat...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
The Lahey Hospital and Medical Centre is to sponsor the creation of 280 healthy meals for students at Dellwood Middle School in a bid to combat childhood obesity.
As part of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, the lunches will be made by Mar...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Caines brothers’ Back 2 School Extravaganza was classified as a “resounding success” yesterday as 450 students received hair cuts.
Approximately 300 boys and 150 girls gathered in St Paul Centennial Hall on Court Street, lining up for haircuts an...
DATE: Sep 07, 2016
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Dion Fox, a promising reinsurer whose life was claimed in a traffic accident overseas, has been remembered by friends and colleagues as a friend and mentor.
The son of Ewart and Maverneen Fox, of St David’s, Mr Fox had been celebrating his 38th birth...
DATE: Sep 07, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The principals of ten public and private schools have released a joint statement stressing the importance of collaboration during the beginning of the new school year.
Quoting one of history’s greatest artists Michelangelo, the letter opens, “I am st...
DATE: Sep 07, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
Department of Health’s clinical laboratory has achieved accreditation from COLA, a US-based independent, non-profit accreditation organisation.
According to a Department statement, COLA accredits almost 8,000 medical laboratories and provides a prog...
DATE: Sep 06, 2016
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