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Almost half-a-million dollars will go towards the introduction of a new pupil grading system, the finance minister announced yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said that $473,000 would be used “to continue the implementation of a standards-based grading sys...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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Budget
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The Bermuda Government is to suspend payments into the sinking fund, a home for money set aside to pay down long-term debt.
In his maiden Budget Statement yesterday, Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said it did not make financial sense to b...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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Budget
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A primary school installed a plaque yesterday to remember an 11-year-old girl who was brutally murdered more than 40 years ago.
Former pupils and present pupils of Paget Primary School handed over the handmade plaque in memory of Connie Furtado, who ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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Other
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A primary school was transformed into a museum yesterday to celebrate the achievements of black Bermudians.
Classrooms at Paget Primary School were turned into exhibition areas as part of the second annual Black History Museum.
The school chose 13...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A meeting between public school paraeducators and education therapist assistants, and the Bermuda Union of Teachers with the Public Service Negotiations Team, was postponed this morning.
A spokeswoman for the Government said the Department of Educati...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party faced discord among its own supporters over fears that Bermudian families are being left out in the cold, political sources claimed.
David Burt, the Premier, and Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, were thought to ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The owner of a daycare shuttered after a child was seriously injured was operating without a licence, a court heard yesterday.
The Supreme Court heard in a civil case that Vernesha Symonds, the owner of Heavenly Blessings Nursery and Preschool, was ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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Court
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TN Tatem Middle School is safe for pupils and staff, a government representative said yesterday.
The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said facilities at the Warwick public school “are safe for teaching and learning”.
She added: “While there...
DATE: Feb 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Students interested in horticulture can meet experts in the field and learn about educational opportunities for Bermudians in Britain.
The Garden Club of Bermuda and the Department of Parks are supporting a visit from the Reverend Christopher Colled...
DATE: Feb 20, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Workshops aimed at bettering the lot of Bermuda’s feral cats will start today, courtesy of an international charity dedicated to feline care. The island’s cat population outnumbers available homes, according to the Society for the Prevention of Cruel...
DATE: Feb 20, 2019
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