461 results returned for search: "education AND " author Gareth Finighan
Bermudians are to become eligible for student loans in England - even if they have never lived there.
The UK government announced that students from some British Overseas Territories – including Bermuda – will be eligible for tuition fee loans for un...
DATE: Mar 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The head of a private school and its chairwoman last night appealed for a relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions for children and warned that the education system was close to breaking point.
Linda Parker, the head teacher at BHS, and Celia Powell, the ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A new care centre for young adults will be up and running later this year, the social development minister has promised.
Tinée Furbert said that the new centre would ensure that children under the care of the Department of Child and Family Services w...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The achievements of Bermuda’s women were celebrated yesterday as part of International Women’s Day.
Rena Lalgie, the Governor, kicked off the celebrations by meeting women who serve in uniform.
Female police, prison and Customs officers, along with f...
DATE: Mar 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Budget will put the Government on track for a current account surplus of $50 million by 2026, the Premier promised.
Mr Burt, also the finance minister, said that Government had at first planned to limit current account expenditure for the next ye...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Training programmes for learner motorbike riders are to be revamped in an effort to cut the number of accidents on the roads.
But Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, warned that “a cultural change” in attitudes to road safety was needed — and ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Covid-19 safety precautions in public schools could be relaxed as early as next week, the Minister of Education said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain gave few details of planned changes, but promised he would release more information in the House of Assembly...
DATE: Feb 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The education minister today offered an olive branch to teachers who passed a vote of no confidence in him and senior education staff.
Diallo Rabain said that he had had no communication from the Bermuda Union of Teachers since the vote, which called...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Diallo Rabain, the Education Minister, is to hold a press conference at 4.15pm to address return to school testing.
It comes amid disquiet among parents about testing and mask wearing.
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government refused yesterday to discuss progress on a flagship series of measures designed to get the economy under way in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister for Finance, unveiled the economic recovery plan last March...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
