18143 results returned for search: "education AND " category "News"
The tax on products containing sugar was introduced by the Government in October 2018 as a weapon in the war on diabetes
DATE: Jan 09, 2023
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Workshops on artificial intelligence and its uses will be offered this month by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda, in conjunction with Data Privacy Week.
The office has partnered with the British company Morality and Knowledge in Art...
DATE: Jan 09, 2023
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It has been eight years since Pete Saunders received a scholarship grant worth $45,000 from the Duperrault Fellowship to study a doctorate in Human Development. He reflects on what that has meant for him
DATE: Jan 05, 2023
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Students learning about music therapy were able to put theory into practice by singing to the participants of Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
The Chatmore British International School joined Hayley Francis-Cann, neurologic music therapist from S...
DATE: Jan 04, 2023
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Four schools have received cash donations thanks to the fundraising efforts of amateur athletes.
Twenty teams recently took part in the Off Level Games – an adult sports day consisting of fun events such as dodgeball, sumo wrestling, volleyball and e...
DATE: Jan 03, 2023
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Bermudian-born woman who served in the US Navy during the 1950s and founded a charity for troubled youth in California became “a pillar of strength” in her Los Angeles community.
Gwendolyn Smith Bolden, daughter of Charles Smith and Dorothy Wheeler...
DATE: Jan 03, 2023
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Awards were bestowed on five of Bermuda’s best in the King’s New Year’s Honours List announced yesterday.
Sheelagh Cooper, a tireless advocate for Bermuda’s children and vulnerable families, has been appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order o...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A science and sailing teaching programme is celebrating a successful year helping to train teachers and educate students.
Endeavour, a legacy charity of the 2017 America’s Cup in Bermuda, has partnered since 2015 with the Ministry of Education an...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Adding an extra level of oversight for Bermuda’s schools should be dropped in favour of empowering principals to meet schools’ needs head-on, according to a former Chief Education Officer.
Dean Furbert, a former head of Francis Patton Primary School,...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Job categories off-limits to work permit holders have been changed – with a moratorium extended by five months from the beginning of next year until the end of May 2023.
“General bartenders” have been moved from the list of restricted jobs to the “cl...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell