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Government today announced changes in the structure of the Department of Education.
Education Commissioner Wendy McDonnell and Permanent Secretary Warren Jones both have new roles as part of the Department’s new focus on “teaching and learning’.
“To ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2011
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The Centre on Philanthropy is asking the public to help find and honour young people who are making Bermuda a better place.
The organisation will name the Young Philanthropist of the Year on February 24 and is now asking residents to nominate those w...
DATE: Jan 21, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Many success stories have come out of community centre Sandys 360 in its first year of being open.
The centre taught a double leg amputee to swim in three months and watched him go on to win two gold medals in swimming at a para-athlete competition....
DATE: Jan 20, 2011
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More than 250 people applied to join the Bermuda Fire Service last year but only 13 passed the entrance tests and accepted a position.
Chief fire officer Vincent Hollinsid said the Fire Service is still short of strength and if recruiting problems co...
DATE: Jan 20, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Dr James Martin, a leading thinker in computer science, lectures this morning at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on a topic that has become his specialty: the future.
The good news for Bermuda is that, as an affluent country, the Island ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Five scooters specially built by JetBlue staff in Bermuda have been donated to two of the Island’s children’s charities.
The airline company combined a team building day with helping out the community. Employees worked together to build the scooters ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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Scott Neil
Canadian Lisa Dixon-Wells’ first experience with bullying was as a bystander in high school.
She recalls watching as a particularly bright boy was punched, teased and taunted. The memory has stayed with her throughout her life.
Today she is an exper...
DATE: Jan 13, 2011
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More than a million dollars, hundreds of volunteers and thousands of prayers were sent to Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010.
Days after the natural disaster had wreaked havoc on the impoverished Caribbean natio...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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There is a long road ahead to rebuilding Haiti, but local charity Cornerstone Foundation is determined to make a difference one mission trip at a time.
Foundation president Pastor Gary Simons has so far led the organisation on seven mission trips to...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Some aid efforts in Haiti are still continuing.
If you want to help, do so by donating your time or funds to the below charities.
Cornerstone Foundation operates feeding and missions programmes in Delmas, Port-au-Prince and can be reached on www.cf...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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