112 results returned for search: "education AND " author Patrick Burgess
With more than half of Island households having Internet access, Government has taken steps to ensure that the remainder can log on to the World Wide Web for free.
The result of an anonymous donation, since early October, two computers at the Bermuda...
DATE: Nov 16, 2000
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Government plans to build a purpose-built juvenile home next year as part of plans to modernise how it handles problem children.
The Health Ministry hopes to build a 32,000 square foot home at the site of two current facilities, which it will replace...
DATE: Nov 15, 2000
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charities market is in the works, Rotarians heard yesterday.
And while the fund may take years to become viable, it is part of a Strategic Plan to better protect Bermuda's natural, architectural and craft heritage, Trust Director Amanda Outerbridge t...
DATE: Oct 11, 2000
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scholarships and teacher training awards to 15 young Bermudians.
Mr. Scott gave an impromptu speech to the students and their families in a ceremony held at CedarBridge Academy, praising them and encouraging them to assist other young people now in t...
DATE: Aug 15, 2000
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Human Rights Commissioners now have greater powers to investigate discrimination after Senators yesterday passed a Human Rights Amendment which now includes discrimination against women with children, pregnant women, a wider definition of disabilitie...
DATE: Aug 15, 2000
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Bermuda must take stronger measures to protect not just old houses but archaeological sites -- or it will lose all traces of its past.
For often the only way to learn what it was like to be a slave in Bermuda and document what they contributed to our...
DATE: Aug 07, 2000
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"critical'' need for funds.
But while the day for closure of its doors has never been far off for its 40 students -- even though it achieves an 84 percent success rate -- founder Neletha Butterfield said yesterday she has never done "it'' for the mon...
DATE: Jul 07, 2000
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Parents attending forums on education have called for teachers to be drug tested, according to a Board of Education document released this week.
But forums -- held in schools across the Island in February -- also said schools should have the same fac...
DATE: Jul 07, 2000
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The headmistress at Victor Scott School has moved to further clarify her position regarding grievance complaints against her.
On Monday, her lawyer Juliana Jack countered claims in Friday's Mid Ocean News that Esme Trott was offered a post elsewhere....
DATE: Jun 29, 2000
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There has been a 33 percent drop in road accidents compared to last year, the Home Affairs Minister announced in the House of Assembly on Friday.
And Police continue to test vehicle mounted cameras and legislation allowing the equipment is being draf...
DATE: Jun 26, 2000
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