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A row over the colour of a schoolboy’s hair should have been dealt with by the Parent Teacher Association, the education minister said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain added that the pupil involved had not been expelled from the Whitney Institute Middle Sch...
DATE: Nov 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The National Museum of Bermuda has expanded its stock of gifts in time for Christmas shoppers.
Additions include reproductions of historic maps, such as the first hydrographic survey of Bermuda by Royal Navy Commander Thomas Hurd and prints, includin...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Students at four schools have been given almost 200 laptops thanks to a donation from Belco.
The power company gave 187 laptops to students at Dellwood Middle School, Whitney Institute, Sandys Middle School and Clearwater Middle School.
Belco preside...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Seniors and schoolchildren were the recipients of donations totalling $140,000 at the closing ceremony for the 34th annual AXA End-to-End.
Despite an early downpour and a mere 2½ weeks to pull the event together on October 23, the gathering at the Ha...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A team of landscapers began tearing out casuarina trees and other invasive plants yesterday as part of a renewed world heritage restoration project at Ferry Point Park.
Thanks to funds raised over the past year, the St George’s Foundation, in partn...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Registration has opened for a programme designed to prepare youngsters for a career in the maritime industry.
People interested in the Endeavour Maritime Career Springboard Programme can learn more about the intensive course during a virtual informat...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A former education Permanent Secretary yesterday questioned if she would ever face a Progressive Labour Party disciplinary committee over her opposition to the closure of a historic primary school.
Ellen-Kate Horton, a veteran PLP member who was thre...
DATE: Nov 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Public schools will no longer have entire classes quarantined if a Covid-19 case is detected, the education minister said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain added the school surveillance unit will instead contact people found to be close or casual contacts and...
DATE: Nov 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Diversifying the economy and using new technology to compete will be vital to the future prosperity of the country, a Government minister said on Friday.
Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said during the debate on the Throne Speech: “The only w...
DATE: Nov 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Exceptional pupils have been invited to an information session on how to complete their high school diplomas abroad.
The Bermuda national committee for the United World Colleges has opened its doors to applications for the UWC 2022-2024 programme.
Su...
DATE: Nov 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson