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Students sitting early morning exams later this month have been granted a slight reprieve: they now won't have to get their brains into gear until 6.30 a.m.
The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) told The Royal Gazette yesterday that it had...
DATE: May 16, 2008
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Boosting school leadership and academic standards is necessary - but it's also important for principals to forge community links and teach their students good manners.
That was the message from Archdeacon Arnold Hollis, Rector of Sandys parish, as he...
DATE: May 16, 2008
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The United Bermuda Party is calling for Government to get a grip on spiralling crime which it says is eroding Bermuda's way of life.
First quarter statistics showed robberies 50 percent higher than the same time last year while there were 135 burglar...
DATE: May 16, 2008
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A National Parent Body, international academic benchmarking, more vocational qualifications and raising the school leaving age to 18, are among the recommendations of an overhaul of the country's education system.
The Ministry of Education further ou...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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Students at Saltus Grammar School are due to sit a mathematics exam at 6 a.m. today — becoming the first youngsters on the Island to face a new early start time laid down by England's biggest exam board to combat cheating.
Fifteen pupils in the senio...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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Some years ago, well known TV journalist Bill Moyers produced a television documentary called "The Vanishing Family".
It focused on how so many single mothers were struggling to raise children without the support of fathers, and the many social probl...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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This year's End-to-End charity event raised a record-breaking $300,000, the organisers announced yesterday.
More than 2,500 people braved cloudy skies, blustery winds and high waves to walk, cycle, row and swim the length of the Island on May 3. Some...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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Senators passed a bill yesterday which will require all vets to be registered — but Opposition concerns about underqualified Caribbean vets being allowed in sparked claims of racism from Senate leader David Burch.
The Veterinary Practitioners Act 200...
DATE: May 15, 2008
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A Government meeting last night to update the public on education reform was dominated by concern over the future management of aided schools.
Up to 150 people packed the World Heritage Centre in St. George's to hear the Ministry of Education's propo...
DATE: May 14, 2008
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Flights back on track
Flights are back on track and the airport is running smoothly after disruptions caused by the recent storm, according to General Manager, Aaron Adderley.
Monday's storm caused US Airways, Delta, Air Canada and Jet Blue flights t...
DATE: May 14, 2008
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