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Government Senator Walton Brown was yesterday named the new chairman of Bermuda College.
The announcement was made at a press conference at which it was also revealed that the introduction of free education at the college this year appears to have he...
DATE: Aug 27, 2008
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Government Senator Walton Brown is behind a new company planning to launch Bermuda's second daily newspaper.
The PLP politician, cousin of Premier Ewart Brown, registered Vista Mar Ltd. with the Registrar of Companies last November.
The firm, which s...
DATE: Aug 25, 2008
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A plan that would have seen three primary school principals swap their posts next month appears to have been put on hold by the Ministry of Education.
Gina Tucker, Stanfield Smith and Livingston Tuzo, headteachers of Victor Scott, Northlands and West...
DATE: Aug 19, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown's latest video has received more than 700 hits on YouTube — but he's trailing behind in the popularity stakes when it comes to the Island's most watched clips.
A search on YouTube reveals that top reggae star Collie Buddz's 'Mamac...
DATE: Aug 18, 2008
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The youth wing of the Progressive Labour Party is hoping to swell its ranks after losing most of its executive and being reduced to just five active members.
Progressive Minds co-chairmen Davida Morris and Shawn Brown have both stepped down, along wi...
DATE: Aug 14, 2008
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Meddling members of the Corporation of Hamilton have forced out senior staff and caused a rift at the municipality, according to the former chief engineer.
Ian Hind told The Royal Gazette that City Hall was "the most awful environment to work in" bec...
DATE: Aug 06, 2008
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Full-time enrolment at Bermuda College has dropped to its second lowest point in the last five years — with tiny numbers of students now taking technical education and hospitality courses.
Figures released by the Ministry of Education reveal that the...
DATE: Jul 17, 2008
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The Berkeley Institute has scored a century — 100 students have graduated from the school this year.
And many of the school leavers celebrating gaining their Bermuda School Certificate (BSC) have secured places at universities overseas.
Principal Mic...
DATE: Jul 11, 2008
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Parents are pulling their children out of Whitney Institute Middle School amid fears that the unsafe school will not reopen in September.
The Royal Gazette understands that the parents of as many as 20 students have applied for their offspring to beg...
DATE: Jul 10, 2008
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Taxpayers have forked out more than $11,000 on US education expert Henry Johnson's trips home in the past eight months.
The $250,000-a-year consultant — brought to Bermuda last August to transform public schools — has flown business class back to the...
DATE: Jul 09, 2008
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