1146 results returned for search: "education AND " author Jonathan Bell
David Burt praised one of his Cabinet members for addressing long-running problems that had plagued his ministry.
The Premier said the Minister of Public Works, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, had “inherited a ministry that was debilitated in many ar...
DATE: Aug 03, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Cabinet appointments to the national security and tourism and transport portfolios will go ahead today.
The replacements for Wayne Caines and Zane DeSilva, who both quit Cabinet last week over a public breach of Covid-19 health restrictions, were exp...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Stress brought on by the pandemic has led more residents to seek help for drug and alcohol use.
Focus Counselling has seen a rise in “people that wouldn’t normally participate in our services” as a result of Covid-19.
Leslie Grant, the executive dire...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
New Cabinet appointments for the portfolios of national security as well as tourism and transport are expected at Government House today.
It comes in the wake of David Burt, the Premier, “inviting” Wayne Caines and Zane DeSilva to quit their minister...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
An antiracism group has updated its racial justice platform.
The document from Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda said the country should make changes to become “a more equitable and just society” alongside the organisation’s economic and legislati...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Two friends and eyesight healthcare students are the first winners of scholarships set up in memory of an eye surgeon who died last year.
Katrina Hassell, 25, and 26-year-old Trae Trott have been awarded $5,000 Leonard Teye-Botchway awards to help fu...
DATE: Jul 08, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Ombudsman’s office dealt with matters last year including the handling of senior abuse complaint handling, public bus schedule communications, and delayed applications for criminal injuries compensation.
The details came in the 2019 repor...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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Two new e-books offer students an educational journey through the Transatlantic Slave Trade, as well as the history of tourism in Bermuda.
The National Museum of Bermuda announced it had collaborated with the Department of Education to create student...
DATE: Jun 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Chronic social isolation” contributed to a surge in violence over the National Heroes Day weekend, according to Wayne Caines, the national security minister.
But Mr Caines told the House of Assembly: “Bringing harm to others and instilling fear in t...
DATE: Jun 22, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda must tackle systemic racism in order to confront a plague of violence, a counsellor affiliated with Social Justice Bermuda said.
Juanae Crockwell was part of a group of hundreds that marched through Hamilton on June 13 in support of the globa...
DATE: Jun 22, 2020
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Jonathan Bell