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Bermuda-born principal Charles Joynes was recently featured in a US newspaper for his efforts to turn around a troubled high school in Tennessee.
Mr Joynes has spent the last 20 years working as an educator in the US — the last three as principal of ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2012
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Education
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Rubis Energy Bermuda has donated another year of fuel for education to facilitate marine conservation excursions for local schoolchildren to support conservation education programmes.
This the second year Rubis has provided 12 months’ worth of diesel...
DATE: Apr 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A drop in numbers at Saltus due to people leaving the Island has caused the school to shed five teaching assistants jobs.
All are held by Bermudians, whose positions will be cut on August 31.
The announcement came as the school reported an anticipate...
DATE: Apr 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
There were 698 fewer jobs in Bermuda last year than there were in 2010, a two percent decline.
This is the third straight year of job losses on the Island.
The figures come from a report released by the Department of Statistics today entitled, The ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Other
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Bermuda needs a national plan to help increasing numbers of people below the poverty line, according to campaigner Sheelagh Cooper.
Four years ago, the Low Income Threshold for Bermuda Households in Need study found 11 percent of families fell below ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The recession has failed to dampen much-needed donations to Prospect Primary’s Braille learning programme.
New equipment and new resources have assured the programme will continue, fundraiser Sylvia Munro said, with HSBC Bank and the Bank of Bermuda ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda will continue to celebrate Labour Day in September, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Patrice Minors said today.
Several weeks ago the Bermuda Trade Union Congress (BTUC) submitted a request to the Minister and Premier, to consid...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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Other
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The Ministry of Education has paid out $2.6 million for school security such as CCTV cameras over the last year.
The figure emerged after Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith and Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert answered parliamentary questions on pa...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two sisters stole almost half a million dollars from their grandmother after “running amok” with her bank accounts, a jury heard.
Lorraine Elizabeth Smith, 46, and Audra-Ann Marie Bean, 44, both of Warwick, deny multiple counts of theft from Lenice T...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Students from the Berkeley Institute recently won an Island-wide competition by creating a video aimed at preventing underage drinking.
The winning video, shot on school grounds by the Berkeley Institute’s Peer Helpers, was one of ten entries in the ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
