461 results returned for search: "education AND " author Gareth Finighan
A fresh attack on controversial plans to enforce unvaccinated arrivals to quarantine in hotels at their own expense was mounted yesterday – from the Government side of the House of Assembly.
Progressive Labour Party MPs broke ranks during a debate in...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of Education will be able to hand pick the deputy chairman of the Board of Education if a proposed law is approved by the House of Assembly.
Diallo Rabain tabled the Education Amendment (No. 2) Act 2021 in the House of Assembly yesterday...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An appeal for student volunteers to join the front line in the war on the Covid-19 virus was today issued by the Government.
A Government spokeswoman said successful applicants would spend two weeks working with experienced staff members at The Molec...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Zoological Society has held an online workshop for non-governmental organisations that showed how to gather statistics to measure the success of academic programmes.
A BZS spokeswoman said the aim of the one-day virtual workshop was “to h...
DATE: Jun 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A collage designed to highlight the amount of plastic pollution has gone on public display.
Plastic Tidal Wave was created with more than 2,000 plastic bottle tops collected by members of the public to mark World Water Day in March.
The artwork ...
DATE: May 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A bank has donated $125,000 to charities struggling to survive over the coronavirus pandemic.
Clarien Bank has also pledged a further $25,000 a year to fund private school scholarships for Black pupils.
A total of nine charities were given windfalls ...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Rotary club has launched a book drive to encourage literacy in young children.
The “From Teens to Tots” initiative will provide four primary schools – Harrington Sound, Elliot, Prospect and Victor Scott – with copies of the book A is for Afrika, S...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Bermudian academic has broken new ground after she was elected Dean of Faculty at one of America’s most prestigious universities.
Born in New York and raised in Bermuda, Eve De Rosa will take up the post at Ivy League Cornell University in New York...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Residents are being asked to celebrate tomorrow’s Earth Day by doing something positive for the environment.
Sustainability campaign group Greenrock is challenging residents to mark the event by recycling waste, starting a garden, or avoiding plastic...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Sweeping changes to the education system have moved a step closer after legislation was passed in the Senate.
The Education Amendment Act 2021 will abolish middle schools and replace them with new “signature schools”.
The new-style schools will h...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan