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Tatem set to get new principal
Education chiefs are assessing applications for a new principal at TN Tatem Middle School.
The deadline for applications for the position — which starts in September — was Monday.
The Ministry of Education advertised fo...
DATE: Mar 28, 2008
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A lobby group pushing for educational reform has called upon parents to unite against a proposed teachers' strike.
Responding to news that the 900-strong Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) will walk out in three weeks if staff shortages are not addresse...
DATE: Mar 28, 2008
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Bermuda Union of Teachers will today issue a 21-day strike notice after a teachers shortage has grown so severe some classes have been going unsupervised.
Last night, general secretary Mike Charles said the action was the only way to attract the atte...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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Senators have welcomed several Government initiatives to get youngsters off the starting blocks into more outdoor and sporting activities.
Junior Minister of Sport Senator Wayne Caines presented the plans as he outlined the Department of Youth and Sp...
DATE: Mar 27, 2008
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A new organisation set up to represent parents seeking an improved public education system has issued its first statement — criticising the overseas consultant brought in by Government to implement change.
Bermuda Educational Parents' Association (BE...
DATE: Mar 26, 2008
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Class not race is what divides our public and private sector students, according to UBP Senator Charles Swan.
Speaking on the Education budget in the Senate, Mr. Swan said more needed to be done to bridge the gap between the two systems.
One thing th...
DATE: Mar 26, 2008
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Chris Bodkin can't make Sunday's Run For Freedom — so in the name of solidarity he flew to Bermuda a few days early to take part yesterday.
Mr. Bodkin, a US town councillor with Bermudian roots, joined Charlotte Wilberforce to walk along Front Street...
DATE: Mar 25, 2008
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Vets have expressed concern that the inclusion of the Caribbean Economic Community in an overhaul of veterinary standards on the Island might not meet the proposed criteria.
After working for more than a decade on new regulations of practice, vets ha...
DATE: Mar 24, 2008
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While there's been a trend to fasttracking new people to top positions under Premier Ewart Brown, nobody can claim recently-elected MP Walter Roban didn't earn his spot in Parliament.
Mr. Roban has been a PLP stalwart for years, working at virtually ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2008
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Former CedarBridge Academy teacher Ulama Finn-Hendrickson has been reassigned to a school for children with behavioural problems.
Mrs. Finn-Hendrickson, who has an allergy which caused her to become ill while a teacher at mould-contaminated CedarBrid...
DATE: Mar 22, 2008
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