991 results returned for search: "education AND " author Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda High School and Warwick Academy both boasted rising pass rates on the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme.
BHS saw their pass rates rise from 76 percent to 82 percent this year, while pass rates for Warwick Academy rose from 72 perc...
DATE: Jul 11, 2012
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Community members met this week calling for unity after last week’s fatal shooting.
Around 100 people came together at the First Church of God Monday evening, only a short distance from where Joshua Robinson was murdered.
Hosting the meeting, Glenn F...
DATE: Jul 03, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
MPs gave their views on the future of Bermuda’s tourism industry during a wide-ranging debate on the new National Tourism Plan in the House of Assembly on Friday.
Kim Swan, who was elected as a United Bermuda Party MP, said that entrepreneurs decades...
DATE: Jul 02, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Adult Education School this week celebrated the graduation of 42 students and remembered the tragic loss of one.
Executive director Donna Daniels recalled her time with 18-year-old Malcolm Outerbridge, fatally stabbed on the Railway Trail in Warw...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Tourism Board Amendment Act 2012 was passed in the House of Assembly last night, but not before a lengthy debate with questioning by the Opposition on specific clauses.
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert told his parliamentary colleagues that “every ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Keep Bermuda Beautiful has launched a new programme aimed at keeping public areas litter-free.
The Adopt-A-Spot programme, which is an updated version of the once popular Rockwatchers programme, invites residents to adopt a public space and commit to...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Keep Bermuda Beautiful will this week launch a new programme hoped to encourage individuals and groups make a difference in their neighbourhoods.
The Adopt-A-Spot programme, which will be launched Wednesday afternoon, but 36 groups have already pledg...
DATE: May 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda is mourning the loss of two war veterans Calvin Ming Sr and George Mackenzie Fisher.
Both men served in the Second World War.
Mr Ming served in the Caribbean Regiment’s Bermuda Contingent. Mr Fisher, 92, served in the Border Regiment, a glid...
DATE: May 22, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public school students will enjoy a four-day weekend next week, but their teachers will be taking part in professional development exercises.
A Ministry of Education spokeswoman said yesterday that public schools will not have class next Friday, sayi...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Dame Jennifer Smith believes Government are winning the fight against the economic crisis that has triggered high levels of unemployment on the Island.
Running for re-election in Constituency 1, the former premier said she thought Bermuda was ‘making...
DATE: May 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
