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Security is to be ramped up after burglars inflicted thousands of dollars in damage at eight schools earlier this year.
Cole Simons, the Minister of Education, told Parliament that the Bermuda Government’s facilities team intended to prioritise maint...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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The promotion of Freddie Evans to Commissioner of Education won high marks from Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers.
“He has demonstrated, despite all the negatives, that he can do the job,” Mr Charles told The Royal Gaze...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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More community involvement is needed to help tackle violence and antisocial behaviour on the island, according to several of Bermuda’s sporting club presidents.
Speaking at the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc Leadership Symposium, Somerset Cricket Cl...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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An internship in the Government of Bermuda London Office will be available to a Bermudian postgraduate student living in the city.
The move is an extension of a programme launched last year by the London Office, in conjunction with the Department of ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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Deryn Lavell, the new Head of Saltus Grammar School, has paid a visit to the island before starting her role in September.
Ms Lavell said one of the reasons for wanting the job was the chance to follow in the footsteps of the Ted Staunton.“Being ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2017
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Progressive Labour Party Whip Lovitta Foggo took aim at the Bermuda Government’s education budget yesterday, branding parts of it “woefully inadequate”.
It came as Cole Simons, the freshly appointed minister, told MPs that $126.991 million had been a...
DATE: Mar 09, 2017
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Female Progressive Labour Party senators helped announce a new initiative aimed at engaging women and increasing female parliamentary representation to coincide with International Women’s Day.
The Women’s Caucus will be “grounded in the grass roots”...
DATE: Mar 09, 2017
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Incoming education commissioner Freddie Evans has vowed to remain dedicated to the position, saying he looks forward to serving for at least the next ten years.
Speaking to The Royal Gazette following his appointment on Monday, Dr Evans said that whi...
DATE: Mar 09, 2017
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Warwick Academy art students will have their work displayed in the school’s main hall as part of their Practical Arts Department Showcase.
The efforts of the Year 13 IB pupils is part of the examination process and will contribute to the students’ fi...
DATE: Mar 09, 2017
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Bermuda charity African Diaspora Heritage Trail will host its sixth annual United Nations International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade Commemoration this month, with accomplished Barbadian professor Al...
DATE: Mar 09, 2017
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