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An extension of the school registration deadline by the Ministry of Education leaves parents “none the wiser” as they have still not been given full access to a report on possible school closure and consolidation.
This is the view of Bermuda Union o...
DATE: Feb 02, 2016
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A forum has been called today on the toll taken on the island’s women by unemployment, with many said to have been forced to seek jobs overseas.
“Women Hearing Women”, a gathering to share the challenges facing women, was set by Kim Wilson, the Progr...
DATE: Feb 02, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The third of three graduation rings found decades ago by an amateur metal detectorist has been reunited with its owner.
The Warwick Secondary School ring was handed back to Teresia Brangman yesterday, more than 20 years after she lost the piece of je...
DATE: Feb 02, 2016
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Police responded to reports of a “mêlée” involving a number of students, some armed with weapons, in Pembroke yesterday.
According to a police spokesman, officers received several calls from the public at about 4pm concerning a large group of school-...
DATE: Feb 02, 2016
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Crime
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The Bermuda SPCA is offering financial assistance to private cat owners to have their pet spayed or neutered as part of the organisation’s CatSnip programme.
The overpopulation of cats in Bermuda presents a problem according to the SPCA as there are...
DATE: Feb 01, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Registration for the Island’s public school system has been announced for February 10, 11 and 12 — thus extending the deadline for another week.
The announcement came this afternoon in the wake of widespread parental concern over possible school clos...
DATE: Jan 30, 2016
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Education
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Heron Bay Primary continued its 90th anniversary celebrations on Saturday with a Family Fun Day.
The event, which ran from noon until 4pm, drew around 100 people to the Southampton School, where they enjoyed food, games, bouncy castles and music.
Pri...
DATE: Jan 30, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Parents are being thrown “into a quandary” as they scramble to hit the deadline for school registration armed with no detailed knowledge of a report that could spell future school closure and consolidation. This is the view of Bermuda Union of Teache...
DATE: Jan 29, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A representative from the Savannah College of Art & Design is visiting Bermuda College this afternoon to meet prospective students.
Alexandra Jones, assistant director of international admissions at the Atlanta-based arts university, will be in Halle...
DATE: Jan 29, 2016
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The Shadow Minister of Education & Training has expressed her “grave concern” at the current state of Bermuda’s schools.
In a joint statement from the Progressive Labour Party and the Bermuda Union of Teachers, Lovitta Foggo said that the School Reo...
DATE: Jan 29, 2016
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