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The chairman of Bermuda’s “ineffective” board of education admitted yesterday that it lacked strength and welcomed proposals for it to be overhauled.
Raymond Tannock told The Royal Gazette he had shared his concerns with Professor David Hopkins - the...
DATE: May 05, 2007
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A tough talking critique of Bermuda's public schools system which calls for the dismantling and rebuilding of the "mismanaged" Ministry of Education was hailed as a welcome wake up call by teachers last night.
But Bermuda Union of Teachers president ...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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Four of Bermuda’s public schools are failing and most of the others are merely satisfactory or worse, according to what Premier Ewart Brown last night dubbed the “most meaningful and comprehensive” review ever conducted of the education system.
The h...
DATE: May 04, 2007
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A new scholarship for medical students in honour of Dr. James King has been launched by Butterfield Bank and Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB).
Medical practitioner and community leader Dr. King retired as chairman of the bank’s board last month. The bi-...
DATE: May 03, 2007
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Opposition MPs last night called on Education Minister Randy Horton to immediately publish in full the results of an independent inquiry into the CedarBridge mould crisis.
Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson and UBP backbencher Grant Gibbons said t...
DATE: May 03, 2007
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A bridge built by US troops more than 50 years ago which connects the main Island to St. George’s will close to marine traffic until further notice from tomorrow.
The Ministry of Works and Engineering said yesterday that Longbird Bridge - the moving ...
DATE: May 03, 2007
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Teachers' union leader Mike Charles last night threw his weight behind calls for a Government-funded Island-wide feeding programme for children going without breakfast.
The general secretary of Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) said he suspected the tr...
DATE: May 03, 2007
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Two brothers who arrived in Bermuda yesterday afternoon after crossing the Atlantic from North Carolina in a tiny open-topped boat were warned last night of the dangers of heading back out to sea.
Ralph and Bob Brown are aiming to set a new world rec...
DATE: May 03, 2007
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A recovering drug addict who is helping the US Consulate with a campaign to keep Bermudians off the "stop list" barring entry to America has been rewarded for his efforts.
Steven Somner — who was unable to travel to the States for more than ten years...
DATE: May 02, 2007
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Bermuda College will run an intensive technical adult education programme this summer - to combat what it described yesterday as a looming "crisis" in the Island's technical trades.
Llewellyn Trott, the college's associate vice president of technical...
DATE: May 02, 2007
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