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Tributes were paid last night to former Deputy Premier John Irving Pearman who died on Saturday morning, aged 79.
Acting Opposition Leader Michael Dunkley described the retired politician as "one of the bedrocks of the United Bermuda Party" in the 19...
DATE: Jul 24, 2006
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Bermuda's brightest young graduates were praised by two Government Ministers as they lined up to receive scholarships worth $75,000 each.
Deputy Premier Ewart Brown and Education Minister Terry Lister told a press conference at the Senate this week h...
DATE: Jul 22, 2006
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Youngsters at risk of getting into trouble with police are being monitored throughout the summer, the Education Minister told MPs on Friday.
Terry Lister said the Government was running a scheme during July and August for those students classified as...
DATE: Jul 17, 2006
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Opposition MPs warned Government yesterday that it ran the risk of being lambasted in the Wall Street Journal over its failure to insist on a separate chairman and chief executive officer at the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA).
Cheryl Ann Lister ? w...
DATE: Jul 17, 2006
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The headteacher of Berkeley Institute has praised the school?s graduating class of 2006 ? especially a handful of youngsters who earned high honours in each of their four senior years.
Michelle Simmons toldthat those five students picked up the Respi...
DATE: Jul 11, 2006
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An Opposition MP has raised concerns about the number of students graduating from CedarBridge Academy this summer, amid allegations of grades being inflated.
Shadow Education Minister Neville Darrell told he was worried that under-achieving students ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2006
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A sacked teacher declared herself "vindicated" this week after a judge ruled that her dismissal was unlawful.
Leslie Evans, a special education teacher at Dellwood Middle School, cried with relief after Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley agreed with her claim ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2006
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The Berkeley Institute marked the end of an era last night at a celebratory event which saw many of the Island?s leading lights pay tribute to their alma mater ? mindful of its motto respice finem or keep the end in view.
Premier Alex Scott and Educa...
DATE: Jun 28, 2006
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An Island private school has become the first outside Canada to receive official accreditation by the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI).
Ten assessors from the institute visited Somersfield Academy in Devonshire in April and decided tha...
DATE: Jun 23, 2006
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Fed-up students, whose sports field floods whenever it rains, took to the streets yesterday morning to protest at the Government?s alleged failure to fix the problem.
Pupils from Dellwood Middle School waved placards and sang the gospel standard ?Wad...
DATE: Jun 22, 2006
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