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Ramadan in Bermuda will begin tonight at sundown, as the Islamic world prepares to mark its holy month.
During this time each year, Muslims refrain from eating and drinking during sunlight hours in order to refocus their priorities in life.
“I see...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association’s legal challenge against reforms and practices implemented by the Ministry of Education has been knocked back by the Supreme Court.
The BPTSA objected to how teacher transfers were conducted in the publ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2016
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Education
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A science educator is this year following through on his dream of bringing do-it-yourself microtechnology to the children of his old neighbourhood.
“Bermuda is finally catching on,” said Darren Burchall, an information technology teacher based in Bra...
DATE: Jun 03, 2016
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
St George’s Parish Council will be hosting its Pre-Father’s Day Breakfast at St David’s Primary School on Friday, June 17.
All fathers and father figures of the students at the school have been invited to attend the event at 8am, to “partake in some ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2016
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Details have been given on the Department of Education’s Steam Academy programme for the summer.
The Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Academy project, for P5 and senior school students, is a joint partnership with Great 4 Learni...
DATE: Jun 03, 2016
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Education
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Health minister Jeanne Atherden this morning conceded oversight of Bermuda’s care homes had been inconsistent.
Bermuda’s overburdened care home system has been in the news this week, with seniors advocate Carol Everson telling The Royal Gazette many ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Perseverance and a ‘can do’ attitude are key if people are going to put failure behind them and lead a successful life.
That was a key message to the Saltus Grammar School class of 2016 as they celebrated their graduation at a packed ceremony at the ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2016
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Jeff Baron, the Minister of National Security, has emphasised the importance of making positive life changes to students at Port Royal Primary School and Dellwood Middle School.
He was speaking after the schools’ Great (Gang Resistance Education and ...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
In a “disturbing” trend, rising numbers of young students from needy homes are coming to the classroom with their lunchboxes empty.
Children at ten schools already get help with breafast each morning, courtesy of the Coalition for the Protection of C...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Basketball pro Mykal Glasgow is to take his sporting talents abroad this autumn, having committed to play for Thomas College in Maine.
The sports prodigy, an honours student at the Berkeley Institute, plans to study accounting.
Three times a member o...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell