935 results returned for search: "education AND " author Owain Johnston-Barnes
More discussion is needed to determine the level of parental and community involvement in Bermuda’s schools, according to Education Minister Grant Gibbons.
Dr Gibbons launched a consultation process earlier this year on proposed changes to the Educat...
DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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A 22-year-old convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl has been sentenced to five years behind bars.
Kristopher Gibbons, who was 21 at the time of the incident, admitted receiving oral sex from the girl in a friend’s backyard last July, bu...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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Bermudian cruise ship worker Denika Outerbridge has been praised by Government as an example of a young person making the most of an opportunity.
Ms Outerbridge, a 22-year-old Bermuda College graduate, was one of seven young Bermudians who found work...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A UK magazine has given Bermuda the Best Digital Jurisdiction Award for the second year running.
The World Commerce Review, a business-to-business publication, gave Bermuda the award after looking at the Island’s regulatory and policy environment, in...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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Speech and language screenings for students getting ready to start in Primary School will start later this month through the Department of Health, for free.
The screenings will be carried out by the Department’s Speech-Language Pathologists between J...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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Three teenagers this morning admitted brawling on the Bermuda College campus, while a fourth was granted a trial date.
Khalif Williams, 17, Taijuan Davis, 18, and Makai Jacobs, 18, all pleaded guilty to taking part in a fight on December 10 last year...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Privately funded programmes are being introduced to the Island’s public schools to make up for cuts in education grants, according to former Education Minister Nalton Brangman.
Sen Brangman said on Wednesday that one such programme has already been l...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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Education
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
For almost half a century, Baltimore teacher Luciel (Joni) LeKites visited Bermuda every year, describing its beauty to her friends.
Now, two years after she died at the age of 88, a group of her friends and colleagues have come to her favourite isla...
DATE: Jun 05, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ths story of the Berkeley Institute is to be the focus of a new documentary, organised by a group of former students who graduated around 50 years ago.
The film, which will follow the creation and evolution of the school, will be produced and co-dire...
DATE: May 28, 2014
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Arts & Entertainment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Controversial changes to Government scholarships became the subject of an online debate between former Education Minister Nalton Brangman and PLP Senator Diallo Rabain.
Responding to a post on the One Bermuda Alliance Facebook page this weekend, Sen ...
DATE: May 05, 2014
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