Sunday September 27th: “Good News” Spotlight
News that 18 Knowledge Quest recipients received scholarships, Gina Pereira received a STEP profession award, and Kane Crichlow scored directly from a corner in an FA Cup replay were among the positive news stories from the past week.
In additional good news, the Committee of 25 awarded five student scholarships totalling $25,000, D’Angele Symonds received a $20,000 energy bursary, Sioma Rudo received a $30,000 Butterfield undergraduate scholarship, and Kyah Richardson was named the first recipient of the Bermuda Chess Association Scholarship.
Other good news stories included Gherdai Hassell being named a finalist for a UK Black Futures Arts & Culture Award, Paul DeShield releasing his first gospel album, and Saltus reporting that 93% of graduates who took AP exams scored 3 or higher.
More good news included the Government funding eight organisations for community programmes and services, the public school system welcoming 12 teachers, and Bermuda Is Love announcing a free clothing giveaway for September 26.
In sports, Sarah Cross received a high performance athlete award at the University of Buckingham, Chris Parry placed third at the British Speedgolf Championship, Taylor Carrick won his opening squash match in Quebec, and Aaliyah Nolan scored twice in Barnsley’s 3-0 win over Sutton Coldfield Town.
In an effort to highlight some of positive news happening in our community, we supplement our standard morning and evening email newsletters with a special Sunday “Good News” email newsletter edition, and also produce a highlight article which strictly focuses on the positive news about Bermuda and Bermudians from the past week. You can sign up to have the free newsletter delivered via email here, and/or access the links below.
In addition, for those who like positive news, please feel free to visit our sister site ForeverBermuda.com, which seeks to showcase uplifting Bermuda news and visitor related services, or BermudaCovers.com, which offers an array of free Facebook and social media cover images, graphic designs and videos to assist you in showing off your Bermudian pride on social media!
Links to some of the ‘good news’ from the past week are below:
