28 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Campaigns"
As happy couple Ally Bolton and Jevon Roberts made plans for their wedding next week, they came to a decision to use the occasion for giving back to the community.
Taken by the idea of the New Beginnings $1 Million Campaign, the two have agreed that,...
DATE: Sep 19, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One of the Island’s technology entrepreneurs has thrown his online presence behind an ambitious campaign in support of the Island’s at-risk youth.
For Fireminds CEO Michael Branco, backing the New Beginnings $1 Million Campaign also offers a chance t...
DATE: Sep 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
MPs will have the right to invite the public into their committee meetings following a change in House of Assembly rules given the provisional go-ahead yesterday.
It means groups like the Public Accounts Committee — which checks whether taxpayers' mo...
DATE: Mar 23, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Laura Neuman has travelled the world and seen a lot of transparency laws as part of her job as access to information project manager for the Carter Center in the States.
But she has never known a country respond in the way Bermuda did when asked to c...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Parliamentary committees will remain closed to the public if new rules for the House of Assembly are approved by MPs in November.
The draft Standing Orders — drawn up by Deputy Speaker Dame Jennifer Smith and Opposition MP John Barritt — state that m...
DATE: Sep 09, 2009
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government backbencher Walter Lister has said he is certain the parliamentary committee which scrutinises public spending will soon stop meeting in secret.
The veteran PLP MP, who sits on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), told The Royal Gazette: "...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
If you didn't know the phrase "A Right to Know" before 2008, chances are you're well acquainted with it now.
On January 21, The Royal Gazette launched a campaign to get a freedom of information law passed in Bermuda — and soon even Premier Ewart Brow...
DATE: Dec 30, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Public school principals told yesterday of their dissatisfaction and disaffection with educational reform during a historic meeting of a new parliamentary committee.
The Joint Education Select Committee opened its doors to the public and press for th...
DATE: Oct 23, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A cross-party parliamentary committee reviewing how educational reform is being implemented in the wake of the Hopkins Report wants to hold its meetings in public, its chairman said yesterday.
Government MP Neletha Butterfield, who is heading the bip...
DATE: Aug 27, 2008
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Heart Foundation has set out its goals for "achieving a heart healthy community through partnership".
Chairman David Mutch this week stressed the need for prevention education in schools, workplaces and the wider community, in order to re...
DATE: Feb 14, 2008
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