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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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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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The public will be asked to comment on a draft freedom of information law in 2009, Attorney General Kim Wilson has promised.
Sen. Wilson told The Royal Gazette that a first draft of the proposed Public Access to Information (PATI) legislation was com...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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Children will learn how to make healthy choices about drugs, alcohol and cigarettes at an early age, thanks to a soon-to-be-launched initiative.
The Al's Pals programme is aimed at helping students aged three to eight understand self-control and deve...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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A guitarist and aspiring music producer with a passion for charity work and a diligent approach to his studies has been named the Island's top teenager of 2009.
Matthew Witkowski was found by the judges of this year's Outstanding Teen Awards to be "a...
DATE: Mar 16, 2009
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A ten percent increase in the cost of insurance premiums for basic hospital care was criticised by Opposition MPs in the House of Assembly.
The new rate for the minimum level of cover which employers must provide insurance for — known as standard hos...
DATE: Mar 13, 2009
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The "gift of free tuition" at Bermuda College has boosted its student numbers, Education Minister El James said this week.
But his Opposition counterpart Grant Gibbons questioned the claim, arguing that figures obtained by him suggested the student p...
DATE: Mar 11, 2009
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He readily admits it could give a person nightmares — but David Saul could not be more pleased with the stunning "sea serpent" he has carved from cedar.
The monster in question is actually an eight-foot long depiction of an oarfish — a little-known c...
DATE: Mar 11, 2009
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Former teacher Lovitta Foggo had the final say on public education during a debate in the House of Assembly.
The Government's Chief Whip told MPs that societies which fail to invest in high-quality schooling for children ultimately pay the price by e...
DATE: Mar 11, 2009
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