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A planned conference which is expected to bring hundreds of black mayors from around the world to Bermuda has been delayed.
The US-based Conference of Black Mayors (CBM) initially intended to hold its 40th annual convention, which is being hosted by ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
AXIS Capital will this year be helping local children get to Sesame Street by sponsoring the programme on Bermuda television.
The Bermuda-based re/insurer has, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Economic Development, will be taking ove...
DATE: Jun 27, 2014
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If you hope to turn a green thumb into a career prospect, the deadline for the Bermuda Garden Club scholarship is on Monday.
Although the scholarship might naturally make you think it is only dedicated to future gardeners, it is actually more broad i...
DATE: Jun 27, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
When Odiva Vassell first moved to Korea for work, she didn’t know much of the language and found meeting new friends to be a challenge.
Then she heard about InterNations, a group set up in cities around the world to help expats connect in a social s...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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A special conference is to be held next month to mark the 180th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Bermuda.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley will be the keynote speaker at the event, which will also examine the development of human rights since the ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A 22-year-old convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl has been sentenced to five years behind bars.
Kristopher Gibbons, who was 21 at the time of the incident, admitted receiving oral sex from the girl in a friend’s backyard last July, bu...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
David Wilson, affectionately referred to as the Johnny Barnes of Ord Road, has been garnering lots of attention as the exuberant crossing guard at Paget Primary.
The 53-year-old is known for wearing a cowboy hat, carrying balloons and dancing childre...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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Most people go on their summer vacation to relax; but Mark and Tina Nash have other ideas.
The couple plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in August to hopefully raise $10,000 for a girl’s school in Sierra Leone.
The school, Hope Academy, was ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
The Bermuda National Trust has honoured the “outstanding” work and contributions of those who “have worked for the benefit of Bermuda and its people” at its annual awards ceremony.
Gathered in the Bermuda Room at Elbow Beach last Thursday, awardees w...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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An African studies programme for children which was axed by the Ministry of Education five years ago is making an independent comeback this summer.
Ashay: Rites of Passage, created by award-winning poet Mwalimu [master teacher] Melodye Micere Van Put...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
