912 results returned for search: "education AND " author Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Free Democratic Movement has promised to use green energy to reduce the cost of living in its General Election platform.
The FDM said: “Energy costs in Bermuda are prohibitive and will remain high as long as we are trapped by our dependency on fo...
DATE: Sep 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Party leaders David Burt and Craig Cannonier traded barbs over the weekend about their party’s records in power.
Mr Burt, the Premier and leader of the Progressive Labour Party, said at a virtual rally on Saturday that his administration had kept its...
DATE: Sep 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The One Bermuda Alliance pledged this afternoon it would take politics out of education if elected with the creation of an independent education authority.
Cole Simons, the Shadow Minister of Education, said the initiative was one of several that the...
DATE: Sep 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Paulette has been upgraded to a hurricane as it continues to approach Bermuda.
Bermuda Weather Service forecaster Troy Anderson said in an update at 8am today: “Paulette is expected to be a dangerous hurricane when it approaches Bermuda late tonight ...
DATE: Sep 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to allow cannabis convictions to be removed from the record was approved in the House of Assembly on Friday.
But Ministers warned that the amendments would probably not remove Bermudians from the United States “stop list”, which makes it ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legal changes are needed to standardise the appointment of future education commissioners, the shadow education minister said yesterday.
Cole Simons added that the Court of Appeal ruling in the case of veteran teacher and education official Gina Tuck...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A veteran teacher and education official said yesterday she was disappointed but not embittered, after a court rejected her bid to overturn the appointment of the Commissioner of Education.
Gina Tucker had argued that she was not given a fair opportu...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Chief of Staff will be its next chief executive and president, it was announced yesterday.
Michael Richmond will take over the job from Venetta Symonds as she takes early retirement this month after eight years in the po...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A historic fort in St George’s may soon reopen to the public after a restoration project.
The St George’s Foundation restored the Martello Tower and the nearby gunpowder magazine property at Ferry Point Park in St George’s.
The foundation had asked f...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Supreme Court judge hit out yesterday at controversial comments made by a defence lawyer as she jailed his client for 18 months.
Chez Rogers, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges that he lured and had unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
