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Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley has accused the Premier of "divisive politics" in his claim that white Bermudians would not have voted for US President-elect Barack Obama.
Instead, Sen. Dunkley said Dr. Ewart Brown should "learn" from Mr. Ob...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Education expert Henry Johnson is urging schools reform leaders to quit squabbling and fight for a brighter future for Bermuda's youngsters.
Dr. Johnson said recommendations from the Hopkins Report could lead to a hugely improved education system in ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Government MP Lovitta Foggo has warned of the "negative labels" schools could end up with if their exam results are made public each year.
The Ministry of Education plans to start publishing test results in 2009 to improve accountability as part of t...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Legendary calypso entertainers The Talbot Brothers are to be celebrated in pictures and song next year.
A coffee table book as well as CD and DVD collections are to be released – funded by the Blackie Talbot Foundation with the support of the Bank of...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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Bermuda Union of Teachers today called for the immediate resignation or removal of Philip Butterfield, chairman of the interim executive board on education.
BUT president Keisha Douglas said comments made by Mr. Butterfield on Tuesday about teachers ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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More than 1,000 people in Bermuda could be living with a chronic lung disease that severely limits their lives.
The condition is called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the Bermuda Hospitals Board marked International COPD Day with an...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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United Bermuda Party candidate Charlie Swan has called for the "nuts and bolts" to be put in place to ensure the long-awaited National Training Board apprenticeship programme is a success.
Mr. Swan, who runs a plumbing company, said young people need...
DATE: Nov 20, 2008
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The chairman of the board tasked with implementing change in public schools yesterday described teachers union' leader Mike Charles as a gym teacher who has "had his 15 minutes of fame".
Philip Butterfield was highly critical of the general secretary...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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The Opposition have raised concerns about Speaker Stanley Lowe stopping them for touching on the sacking of Education Minister Randy Horton in their reply to the Throne Speech on Friday.
Mr. Horton was fired earlier this month after Premier Ewart Bro...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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A high school teacher presented his idea to start a private technical school to Hamilton Rotarians yesterday.
Colin Palmer, the operations manager for one of the Island's private schools, said that the future of Bermuda's young people could be fixed ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2008
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