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Parents will be appointed for two-year terms to committees working closely with the school system.
Education minister Diallo Rabain told the House a Parental Involvement Committee had been meeting monthly with the Commissioner of Education to improve...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier delivered a national address last night and pledged “a Bermuda that can, and will, work for all of us”.
David Burt unveiled new plans to benefit seniors and students, and looked back on the Progressive Labour Party’s first year back in po...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Fears over future public access to the beach next to the St Regis Resort, which is under construction in St George’s, could be settled after the House of Assembly sits today.
MPs will debate the St George’s Resort Act 2018, which will include a guara...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Teachers accused of misconduct on the job have been paid to languish for months on leave and “go through stuff emotionally”, only for investigations to reveal no wrongdoing.
Education minister Diallo Rabain revealed improvements to administrative lea...
DATE: Jul 14, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A chance to grill the Premier will get its premiere today in the House of Assembly.
David Burt will field off-the-cuff questions from the floor of the House of Assembly in a 30-minute session, once a month, for the first time.
Premier’s Question Tim...
DATE: Jul 13, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s medical expertise has been boosted, courtesy of nine scholarships.
This year’s grants came from the Bermuda Hospitals Board with funding from the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust, with a GlaxoSmithKline scholarship that BHB administers.
T...
DATE: Jul 12, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Education is the key to democracy and economic development, the former head of the global teachers’ body Education International has said.
Fred Van Leeuwen, the group’s past general secretary, added education was “an individual and collective right”....
DATE: Jul 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Legislators last night approved the introduction of police checkpoints to screen motorists for sobriety, in a bid to curtail drink-driving.
Transport minister Walter Roban told the House of Assembly that while the Bill was “not the cure-all — but it...
DATE: Jul 07, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A celebration of 130 years of Saltus Grammar School will be held tomorrow night.
The event will also be used to honour Jon Beard, the deputy head teacher, who this month marked 40 years at the Pembroke school.
Mr Beard charted the school’s evolution ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A private school is to start a $6 million expansion programme this summer to widen its curriculum.
Somersfield Academy aims to provide the full International Baccalaureate at the school, which was founded as a Montessori school in 1991.
Carlos Symon...
DATE: Jun 21, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell