712 results returned for search: "education AND " author Sam Strangeways
George Lynch had to be persuaded to move to Bermuda but once he arrived he found his “inner Johnny Barnes” and talked to everyone he met.
Those who attended a memorial service for the 40-year-old murder victim on May 13, 2010, heard touching tributes...
DATE: Oct 03, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The principal of Bermuda’s only special school must be given leadership training, according to an arbitrator who found she poorly managed a high-flying and dedicated teacher.
Dena Butterfield-Lister, head of Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy, was deeme...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda could be in line to benefit from charity cash generated by the UK Lottery, according to a British Government minister visiting the Island.
Henry Bellingham told a press conference at Government House it seemed “quite wrong and anomalous” for ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief last night failed to get reselected as the Progressive Labour Party candidate for his Pembroke Central constituency, losing out to former Senator Walton Brown.
Mr Perinchief is understood to have picked up ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Johnathon Fraser is at loss to understand why anyone would have wanted to kill his big brother.
The 21-year-old says the earth-shattering news that James Lawes had been shot in Bermuda came out of nowhere.
“I was so shocked,” he tells The Royal Gazet...
DATE: Sep 19, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ruby Creary has a photograph she cherishes of her two sons, who were born 20 years and two days apart.
It shows the eldest, Garry Cann, sharing a cuddle with his baby brother Sivaja’ Perinchief, now aged three.
The younger boy lost his elder sibling ...
DATE: Sep 06, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith handed out 45 Government scholarships, awards and loans at an event last week.
The presentations were made to the students at Camden, the Premier’s official residence, on Thursday.
Dame Jennifer said: “Every yea...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Premier Paula Cox last night promised that Bermuda’s long-awaited public access to information (PATI) law would become operational “in the second half of 2012”.
The legislation was passed in Parliament on July 23, 2010, when then Premier Ewart Brown...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ombudsman Arlene Brock has recommended a review of the education provided to Bermuda’s special needs students.
In a report recently tabled in Parliament, she outlined a complaint a mother made to her about the failure of the Department of Education t...
DATE: Jul 21, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The three percent pension increase is “woefully inadequate” for seniors because of rising healthcare costs, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
Opposition MPs told the House of Assembly the additional funds would mean very little to seniors as mos...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways