969 results returned for search: "education AND " author Owain Johnston-Barnes
An increase in work permit fees and a decrease in payroll tax could help Bermudians get into the workforce, the shadow finance minister said.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Shadow Minister of Finance, told The Royal Gazette this afternoon that other ju...
DATE: Feb 29, 2020
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
More young people have a chance to enrol in a study course in the United States.
A limited number of positions have been made available for Bermuda students to attend the Global Young Leaders Programme in Atlanta this summer — a three-week course des...
DATE: Feb 25, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
More young people have a chance to enrol in a study course in the United States.
A limited number of positions have been made available for Bermuda students to attend the Global Young Leaders Programme in Atlanta this summer — a three-week course des...
DATE: Feb 18, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Health has begun an investigation into two cases of the highly infectious whooping cough at a Devonshire school.
Carlos Symonds, head of school at Somersfield Academy, told parents in an e-mail yesterday that the department had confir...
DATE: Feb 07, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An international genetics conference returned to Bermuda today for the fourth time.
The Bermuda Principles Impact Conference will kick off at the Fairmont Southampton with genetics experts from around the world to tackle the subject of transcriptomic...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An organisation dedicated to science education has become Bermuda’s newest charity.
Carika Weldon, founder and executive director of the Bermuda Principles Foundation, said charitable status would help the organisation broaden its impact.
Dr Weldon, ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The organisers of the 2020 Ag Show have donated a series of small gardens to schools and other organisations around the island.
The gardens, once planted, will be eligible to compete in the annual exhibition this April.
Antwan Albouy, the exhibition’...
DATE: Jan 28, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian schoolboy and his mom have featured in a story by the UK’s national broadcaster about a rise in racist abuse in English schools.
Carla Zuill, a former Bermudian journalist who now lives in Manchester, told the BBC she was called by his sc...
DATE: Jan 22, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charity dedicated to halting the sexual abuse of children crossed a landmark when it certified its 10,000th child advocate.
Debi Ray-Rivers, the founder of Saving Children And Revealing Secrets, said that milestone, achieved on Saturday, reflected ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2020
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Registration for children set to enter public primary school in September will begin next month.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Education said registration for P1 students will take place on February 24 to 26.
The spokeswoman said: “These dates ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2020
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes