1146 results returned for search: "education AND " author Jonathan Bell
Thousands of Bermudians left jobless by the Covid-19 pandemic will be targeted in a series of back-to-work programmes, the labour minister has vowed.
Jason Hayward said a three-pronged strategy of unemployment reduction, prevention of future unemploy...
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A single mother chasing her dream career in medicine has been elated to be among the winners of the Dr Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarships this year.
Elinor Lucas Quarterly said her study of diabetes, a serious metabolic illness, was about more t...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
There was “no question about a safe exercise of democracy” at the General Election, the Premier insisted last night.
David Burt said he had met John Rankin, the Governor, to assure him the Parliamentary Registrar, Tenia Woolridge, would be supplied w...
DATE: Aug 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party unveiled its first two candidates yesterday for October’s General Election.
Crystal Caesar and Jason Wade will compete for constituencies in Southampton that the One Bermuda Alliance held with reduced margins at the 2017 ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Public Services Union announced it has handed out a total of $680,000 in higher education grants to members and their dependents.
The 28th annual ceremony, held on Wednesday, was led by Armell Thomas, president of the BPSU, and Kevin Gran...
DATE: Aug 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A scholarship in memory of a dedicated sponsor of Bermudian education has helped open doors for four promising students.
William “Liam” Peniston III, Nathan Titterton, Ryan Topple and Kayah Wilks are the winners of the 2020-21 Nicholl Scholarships, a...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cecil G. Smith, a lifelong musician whose name became synonymous with the organ at St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, has died at 85.
On Sunday he was given a send-off by the congregation of the Hamilton church, where he had also led the cho...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A pharmacy student who hopes to join the island’s battle against chronic illness has been given a $10,000 boost.
Ashley Davies is the winner this year of the Phoenix Stores’ Dr Kathy-Ann Louise White Pharmacy Scholarship, named after the first Bermud...
DATE: Aug 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The biometric identification required for Canadian visa applicants in Bermuda is not available locally because of a travel ban on Canadian public servants caused by the pandemic.
The service, which is mandatory for foreign students, had formerly been...
DATE: Aug 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Trevor Moniz was candid about his maverick, sometimes gadfly status yesterday, as the Opposition MP for Smith’s West announced his retirement from politics.
Mr Moniz described himself as a reluctant politician when he started out in the United Bermud...
DATE: Aug 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell