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Parents and students can learn more about bursaries for next year’s middle school pupils at an event this week.
Mount Saint Agnes Academy, in Hamilton, will hold an information session and tour of the school on Thursday to showcase what it has to off...
DATE: Nov 13, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police are examining a report that found a former Saltus Grammar School teacher sexually assaulted pupils decades ago.
A police spokesman confirmed yesterday that the BPS “is currently reviewing the contents of the report”.
The spokesman refused to ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Tax reform designed to reflect people’s ability to pay is in the pipeline, it was announced in the Throne Speech yesterday.
A livable wage, cheaper healthcare, lower power costs and more competition in the mortgage market to drive down costs are also...
DATE: Nov 10, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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School head teachers are overworked and under pressure, the shadow minister for education claimed yesterday.
Cole Simons said that public schools faced “huge problems” and that their principals risked “burnout” as some worked up to 18 hours a day. ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A former Saltus primary school teacher sexually assaulted pupils using a mix of favouritism and fear to prey on his victims, an investigation has found.
But the school has decided not to name the teacher involved or to release the full report in orde...
DATE: Nov 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The Government will unveil a “college promise” programme in its second Throne Speech this morning.
An excerpt from the speech, released last night, revealed the merit-based programme would offer Bermuda College scholarships to public-school students ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
MSA’s Remembrance Day Ceremony is held annually to help students understand the significance of November 11th. It consists of a solemn ceremony, used as a teaching and learning experience, and includes the playing of ‘The Last Post’ and a moment of s...
DATE: Nov 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Statement from the Coalition for the Protection of Children:
We are encouraged by the government’s clear commitment to dismantling systems of inequality through several restorative initiatives that include lowering energy and healthcare costs, mortga...
DATE: Nov 09, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
An overseas doctor is in Bermuda to discuss how healthcare professionals should handle tough topics with their patients.
Christy Simpson, head of the bioethics department at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine in Canada, will give a series of...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda Sloop Foundation held the first of several planned “Special Award Presentation Sails” last week. Pictured above are recipients of Certificates of Appreciation for their continuous and significant support over the past twenty years to the Foun...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release