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The Commissioner of Education has sent a letter to teachers and parents of public-school children with an update on pandemic return-to-school rules.
Kalmar Richards confirmed that “extremely vulnerable students and staff” would work on a remote basi...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The former head of a parent teacher association has collected more than 6,500 signatures in support of the reinstatement of a black history course in schools.
Ruth Moran said she fought to keep Melodye Micëre Van Putten’s “Ashay: Rites of Passage” pr...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
The Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Chief of Staff will be its next chief executive and president, it was announced yesterday.
Michael Richmond will take over the job from Venetta Symonds as she takes early retirement this month after eight years in the po...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Education is to launch a series of webinars and podcasts about public school education.
The inaugural webinar takes place as a pilot on Friday afternoon, July 24th 2020, and will delve into a thread of the Social Studies curriculu...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
A historic fort in St George’s may soon reopen to the public after a restoration project.
The St George’s Foundation restored the Martello Tower and the nearby gunpowder magazine property at Ferry Point Park in St George’s.
The foundation had asked f...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to wipe convictions for possession of small amounts cannabis off the records was tabled in the House of Assembly.
The Expungement of Convictions Act was designed to remove the stigma of past convictions for people who were caught with sma...
DATE: Jul 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda is to grasp the chance to attract remote workers to the island with the launch of a special one-year residential certificate.
The Government has also laid out a welcome mat for non-Bermudian students who, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic closin...
DATE: Jul 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The island’s casino gambling watchdog will take over responsibility for all types of betting if legislation tabled in the House of Assembly is passed.
David Burt, the Premier, said the Gaming (Transfer of Functions) Act 2020 would move supervision of...
DATE: Jul 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The Bermuda College Foundation recently received a generous donation of $60,000 from the Chubb Charitable Foundation - Bermuda, to assist Bermuda College students in financial need for the upcoming school year.
Bermuda College Foundation Chairma...
DATE: Jul 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Schools are on track to reopen in September after a “mammoth task” to create safety rules to reduce the risk of Covid-19, the education minister said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain added that social-distancing requirements and a 30-minute health check ever...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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