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Chris Furbert last night stormed to victory as the new president of the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU).
Mr. Furbert won 31 votes out of 34 at the union?s delegates? conference. He declared himself ?very emotional? after the election win at BIU headqu...
DATE: Mar 19, 2006
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Parents who pledged to stage a march in protest at a new student management system have been given assurances that it will be fixed.
Education Minister Terry Lister met with Karen Belboda, chairman of CedarBridge Parent Teacher Student Association (P...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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Angry parents are set to march on the Ministry of Education if the Government continues to ignore their concerns over a new student management system.
Parents at CedarBridge Academy last night voted to hold a demonstration if Education Minister Terry...
DATE: Mar 15, 2006
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Social unrest will erupt in Bermuda if ?the politics of racial division, hatred and segregation? continue to be practised, a former PLP MP told a public forum on the weekend.
Julian Hall gave his warning at a meeting on Saturday night in which other ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2006
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Technical students could be better trained in Bermuda than on costly overseas courses, the Opposition alleged in the House this week.said the Government should spend money on developing programmes at Bermuda College for the Island?s future workforce,...
DATE: Mar 10, 2006
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A new student management system in Bermuda's public schools is producing misleading attendance figures, the House of Assembly heard.said on Monday that the Chancery SMS system ? which allows teachers to record attendance and produce reports ? was "cu...
DATE: Mar 09, 2006
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Bermuda needs to ask itself tough questions about the condition of some women?s lives on the Island, a forum was told yesterday.
Dr. Eugenie Simmons, director of the centre for professional and career enhancement at Bermuda College, spoke out at an e...
DATE: Mar 09, 2006
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Opposition ministers demanded to know why Government was not recruiting more male teachers during a House of Assembly debate on education. said just 18 percent of those teaching in the public school system were men and that that figure was largely un...
DATE: Mar 08, 2006
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All appeals against the suspension of students from public school were quashed in the last year, the Education Minister has revealed.
told the House of Assembly on Monday that parents appealed the suspensions for bad behaviour ? six from senior schoo...
DATE: Mar 08, 2006
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Government is not taking seriously the problem of children being sent to school without breakfast, it was alleged this week.Shadow Race Relations Minister told in the House of Assembly: ?I don?t think you understand the depth of this problem.?
His U...
DATE: Mar 08, 2006
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