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Public school teachers have taken out a full-page advert citing "grave concerns" about educational reform in today's edition of The Royal Gazette.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) notice repeats claims that the Ministry of Education has "largely i...
DATE: Jun 12, 2008
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons called last night for proper debate in the Senate on a law granting new concessions to the Coco Reef Resort.
Premier Ewart Brown shut down discussion on the Hotels Concession (Coco Reef Resort) Order 2008 in th...
DATE: Jun 11, 2008
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Driven, hard-working students are being offered the chance to prove their worth to potential employers this summer — and get paid for their efforts.
The Berkeley Foundation — a fundraising charity for the Berkeley Institute — and Bermuda College have...
DATE: Jun 11, 2008
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Bermuda's tenth road fatality of 2008 was yesterday named by Police as 45-year-old Emanuel Pereira.
The Devonshire man suffered serious head injuries after losing control of his motorcycle on Crow Lane in Paget late on Saturday night.
He was rushed t...
DATE: Jun 10, 2008
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons claimed yesterday that plans to cluster groups of public schools under one board could prove counter-productive.
The United Bermuda Party MP attended a public forum on Tuesday night which saw worried parents fr...
DATE: May 16, 2008
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Students sitting early morning exams later this month have been granted a slight reprieve: they now won't have to get their brains into gear until 6.30 a.m.
The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) told The Royal Gazette yesterday that it had...
DATE: May 16, 2008
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Lindo's is binning brown paper bags and giving out reuseable replacements to shoppers to help the environment.
The supermarket — which has branches in Warwick and Devonshire — announced the move yesterday and said customers spending $100 before May 3...
DATE: May 16, 2008
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Four students were brought home to Bermuda from Barbados after the mother of one reported that he had been robbed at gunpoint.
Labour Minister David Burch told the Senate yesterday that the woman contacted the National Training Board (NTB), which spo...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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Students at Saltus Grammar School are due to sit a mathematics exam at 6 a.m. today — becoming the first youngsters on the Island to face a new early start time laid down by England's biggest exam board to combat cheating.
Fifteen pupils in the senio...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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It's 9.30 a.m. at Whitney Institute and the assembly hall is abuzz with energy. About 400 primary school children from across the Island are grinning excitedly, dancing up and down on the spot to a hip-hop beat and loudly chanting the less-than-catch...
DATE: May 13, 2008
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