461 results returned for search: "education AND " author Gareth Finighan
Bermuda College students and staff have taken a break from their books to get into the community spirit.
Around 70 members of the college donated their time helping out charities and Island organisations during Community Service Week last week.
The v...
DATE: Mar 26, 2014
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Bermuda Industrial Union head Chris Furbert will remain President of the organisation after being returned unopposed for a third term.
Mr Furbert got the backing of the membership following a Quadrennial Delegates Conference last week.
The BIU has be...
DATE: Mar 21, 2014
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A US expert in youth counselling will be in Bermuda this week to help professionals who work with troubled teenagers.
David Rotenberg of Caron — a US-based charity that provides treatment for addicts — will offer an “intensive” training programme for...
DATE: Mar 19, 2014
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Independent MP Terry Lister is calling on Government to sack its Commissioner of Education for failing to show a commitment to the Island’s children.
Mr Lister, a former Education Minister under the Progressive Labour Party, issued the call in the Ho...
DATE: Mar 17, 2014
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Education
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Gareth Finighan
A new guidebook book to help identify children at risk from potential health and well-being problems has been launched in Bermuda.
The Child Development Programme (CDP) has spent the last two years getting the Red Flags Guidebook approved and into pr...
DATE: Mar 08, 2014
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Health
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Gareth Finighan
Shadow Finance Minister David Burt is calling on Government to “bring forward sensible and balanced proposals” in its second Budget tomorrow.
Mr Burt also cautioned Finance Minister Bob Richards not to “give into the demands” of business bosses who h...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Budding e-commerce entrepreneurs can sign up for a new series of workshops to help them get their businesses up and running.
Government’s Inspire eBusiness initiative kicks off this week with a number of classes on topics such as building a website a...
DATE: Feb 03, 2014
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The Opposition is urging Government to speed up cannabis reform so that Bermudians convicted of possessing small amounts of the drug can finally avoid the “devastating consequences” of their habit.
And cannabis could be decriminalised later this summ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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New copyright laws aimed at modernising Bermuda’s intellectual property regime will come into effect next week.
The regulations, which kick in on February 1, affect copyright in several key areas, including Customs, Education establishments, the righ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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Casinos will operate within existing or new hotels rather than as stand alone facilities in order to “enhance our tourism infrastructure”, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell
And training programmes will be provided to give Bermudians “a j...
DATE: Jan 10, 2014
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