The Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) hopes to conduct its own exit interviews in a bid to determine why so many teachers are leaving CedarBridge Academy.

BUT general secretary Mike Charles told The Royal Gazette this week that the situation at CedarBridge Academy has ?never been comfortable?.

Mr. Charles was responding to a story in Wednesday?s Bermuda Sun which said that a high percentage of teachers were leaving the school. The report said that 28 out of 126 teachers, one in five, would not be returning this year.

?If we know the root cause or see a common thread then we are in a position to approach it,? he said.

Permanent Secretary of Education Michelle Khaldun told The Royal Gazette this week that the Ministry was not concerned about the figures and said that the Chief Education Officer Dr. Joseph Christopher will be reviewing all of the exit interviews from CedarBridge.

Shadow Education Minister Neville Darrell said he has spoken with numerous teachers and that some are going off to the private school system and perhaps making less money.

He said teachers do not feel valued by the system and said there was poor teacher morale.

Vehicles were damaged in a mysterious altercation outside of Club Malabar in Dockyard early on Wednesday morning.

Police were called to the area and said it was clear something had taken place but people at the site refused to speak with investigating officers. Officers are now trying to contact the owners of the vehicles that were damaged.

Police are asking any witnesses, or anyone with information, to call Sgt. Author Glasford at 295-0011 or the confidential Crimestoppers hotline at 1-800-623-8477.

A thief managed to get away with a CD player, clothing and personal items from a Park Road, Pembroke, business on Thursday morning.

At 10.40 a.m. Police officers spoke with the complainant who said that sometime between 10 p.m. on Wednesday and 7.50 a.m. that day an unknown culprit got onto the premises and removed the items. An inquiry is underway.

An unhealthy seaman was taken off a container ship en route from Jamaica to Rotterdam.

A Duty Officer at Harbour Radio said a 31-year-old seaman on the Santiago Express was found unconscious on Wednesday, for no apparent reason.

?He did not fall or anything,? Harbour Radio said.

Although the man regained consciousness on Thursday, German doctors who attended him thought it best to disembark the man for further investigation in King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

Their pilot boat brought the man to Ordnance Island, St. George?s, at 6.53 p.m. on Thursday where an ambulance was waiting to take the man to KEMH.

The Santiago Express is a Singapore-registered vessel.

Premier Alex Scott took his pro-independence stance to Turks and Caicos during his visit there last week, urging an end to the British Empire.

He was a guest at the ruling party?s annual convention and stressed his Progressive Labour Party had much in common with the Progressive National Party as both had come from adversity to win power.

During his speech to delegates, Mr. Scott said: ?As we stand with you tonight to embrace the change together, Bermuda and a few remaining Overseas Territories, including the Turks and Caicos will eventually witness the complete end of the British Empire.?

He said the battle for self-determination could be a unifying factor for the British islands in Caricom.