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Education Minister El James has a simple philosophy when it comes to managing people: "You get more with honey than you do with salt."
It's an apt belief for a man who keeps bees as a hobby and is so far, he believes, paying dividends in his new role...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009
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The Hopkins recommendations report card: Education Minister El James and Board of Education chairman Mark Byrne on how we are doing
• One: dramatically improve quality of teaching
El James: "We have made tremendous strides. As Hopkins stated, there a...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009
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Mark Byrne has mastered flying a plane and spearheading an international reinsurance company — and now he's turning his attention to overhauling Bermuda's beleaguered education system.
The new chairman of the Board of Education told The Royal Gazette...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009
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A new curriculum for public schools is to be brought in from abroad — and Bermudianised.
New Board of Education chairman Mark Byrne and Education Minister El James have revealed that a plan to rewrite the current curriculum following an audit from ov...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009
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The Ministry of Finance has confirmed that taxpayers cannot have access to the rules for how government should spend public cash — a policy that Auditor General Larry Dennis said yesterday left him "flabbergasted".
The procedures — aimed at ensuring ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2009
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A revised and rewritten set of rules for the House of Assembly will go before MPs this summer — when they could be asked to approve the opening up of parliamentary committees.
Deputy Speaker Dame Jennifer Smith and Shadow Legislative Reform Minister ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2009
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Ever feel like you are going around in circles? Reporters at The Royal Gazette sometimes do when trying to find out information on behalf of the public.
And so it was yesterday when we asked a simple question about the tendering process for governmen...
DATE: Mar 19, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown has promised that all contracts awarded by Cabinet will be published in the Official Gazette from next month.
Dr. Brown called the move which comes as The Royal Gazette celebrates Sunshine Week a "progressive step on transparency"...
DATE: Mar 19, 2009
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Bermudians should not take their rights for granted and must continue to press for access to information legislation, former Premier Alex Scott said last night.
Mr. Scott — a supporter of The Royal Gazette's A Right To Know: Giving People Power campa...
DATE: Mar 18, 2009
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Nine companies accused of abusing their foreign employees have been told they will get no more work permits issued unless they smarten up their act.
Labour and Immigration Minister David Burch revealed the news yesterday, telling a press conference t...
DATE: Mar 18, 2009
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