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Education in Bermuda is in a state of flux as the curricula of both private and public schools go global.
The International Baccalaureate is growing in popularity, the UK’s GCSE exam system is set to change into an English Baccalaureate in the years ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is to be the launching point for a round-the-world sailing record, as one man sets out to beat the fastest time set from the Island 37 years ago.
Dr Stanley Paris, father of Bermuda’s own round-the-world yachtsman Alan Paris, arrived on the I...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Smith’s North is a patchwork constituency that has been transformed since the last election.
Patrice Minors won it for the Progressive Labour Party against the United Bermuda Party’s Michael Dunkley in 2007.
Senator Dunkley is now challenging the Eco...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The United Bermuda Party used “black surrogates” in an attempt to secure power, according to its former leader Wayne Furbert.
The Transport Minister acknowledged that he “probably was being a surrogate” while a member of the UBP.
He said a “group” me...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Scant weeks after it announced a goal to raise $200,000 by Christmas, the Family Centre has broken the halfway mark.
The fundraising effort was launched after the charity was hit by a cash shortfall and its social assistance services “bombarded” with...
DATE: Dec 03, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Government’s Washington, DC office has become a resource centre for the Island’s students in the US, according to director Beverle Lottimore.
As well as maintaining a database of undergraduate and graduate Bermudian students, the office w...
DATE: Dec 01, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Boys often dream of cars but the dream has become a reality for one young mechanic.
Andre Smith, 21, earned a spot as an apprentice mechanic with Rayclan Ltd and hasn’t looked back.
“Andre’s had to prove himself from the bottom of the barrel,” said c...
DATE: Dec 01, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island’s public senior school students show a 95 percent graduation rate for the latest school year, according to Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
The minimum grade point average set by the Board of Education is a 2.0 — the equivalent of a...
DATE: Nov 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four teens were yesterday charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on a fellow student.
Tijuan Swan, 16, Keanu Wilson, 17, Tishon Gordon, 17 and Kenneth Wade, 17, denied taking part in the beating of Raymond Crofton Jr on November 6.
Magistrates...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parliamentary Registrar Randy Scott said his office plans on hiring staff to keep track of the electoral roll’s accuracy.
Ms Scott said the Registrar has been without scrutineers, as the officers are known, for the last three years.
He said annual re...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
