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Almost two-thirds of young men and more than half of young women have inadequate literacy skills to excel in life, according to a survey of Bermudians aged 16 to 25.
The study found that 64 percent of males and 56 percent of females in that age group...
DATE: Feb 07, 2007
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A Bermudian mother has moved her four children across the Atlantic to England because of what she claims are “huge flaws” in the Island’s public education system.
Karen Skiffington, who now lives in Gloucestershire, felt forced to take her daughter a...
DATE: Feb 07, 2007
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A Bermudian mother has moved her four children across the Atlantic to England because of what she claims are "huge flaws" in the Island's public education system.
Karen Skiffington, who now lives in Gloucestershire, felt forced to take her daughter a...
DATE: Feb 07, 2007
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Watching television is bad for the brain but reading books and using a computer will make you brighter - or so a survey of young Bermudians and their literacy levels would appear to indicate.
The study of Islanders aged 16 to 25 found that those who ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2007
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Watching television is bad for the brain but reading books and using a computer will make you brighter - or so a survey of young Bermudians and their literacy levels would appear to indicate.
The study of Islanders aged 16 to 25 found that those who ...
DATE: Feb 07, 2007
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A warrant was issued yesterday morning for a man accused of wounding who failed to attend court.
Marwon Keshon Bean, 29, of Redcoat Lane, St. George's, was due to appear at Supreme Court charged with unlawfully wounding Che McCannon Hollis with inten...
DATE: Feb 07, 2007
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Education Minister Randy Horton yesterday unveiled a scheme to improve literacy in public schools - and his timing could not have been better.
Mr. Horton made his announcement hours after the Department of Statistics released survey results which sho...
DATE: Feb 07, 2007
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Education Minister Randy Horton yesterday unveiled a scheme to improve literacy in public schools - and his timing could not have been better.
Mr. Horton made his announcement hours after the Department of Statistics released survey results which sho...
DATE: Feb 07, 2007
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The mother of one of three boys expelled from the Berkeley Institute for fighting last month is demanding to know why he has still not been placed in another school.
The woman - who asked not to be named - said she was told on January 25 that her 15-...
DATE: Feb 06, 2007
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A pet owner who dumped an emaciated and filthy rabbit by the side of a road in its hutch was branded cruel and neglectful last night.
The body of the frail creature was discovered in its own faeces in the cage by a mother walking her 11-year-old son ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2007
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