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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...

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...

A high-level Government committee is to be set up to handle major lease negotiations following criticism of the renegotiated Stonington deal. The Opposition had branded the lease awarded to businessman John Jefferis for the former Stonington Beach Ho...

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has written to the Minister of Environment to express concerns over plans to have a circus with captive animals come to Bermuda. DNA Entertainment plans to hold shows on April 14-16, entitled ?Anim...

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...

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...

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...

Teachers angrily hit back last night at a Government backbencher?s claims that they are failing the Island?s public school students. Michael Charles, general secretary of Bermuda Union of Teachers, described former minister Renee Webb?s comments in t...

A carpenter giving evidence in the $1.3 million fraud case against former Bermuda Housing Corporation property officer Terrence Smith yesterday continued to outline how Smith benefited from the alleged con. Self-employed carpenter Steven Barbosa spen...

Public school students? attainment levels have not risen in the past 13 years despite the introduction of new tests, according to the Shadow Education Minister. Neville Darrell told the House of Assembly yesterday that the Terra Nova test which pupil...