18338 results returned for search: "education AND " category "News"
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons says Bermuda College needs to improve its perception among young people to address an alarming fall in enrolment figures.
Dr Gibbons pointed to statistics showing just 295 full-time students enrolled at the Col...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The three percent pension increase is “woefully inadequate” for seniors because of rising healthcare costs, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
Opposition MPs told the House of Assembly the additional funds would mean very little to seniors as mos...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Progressive Labour Party is holding onto first place in the polls despite public opinion sinking on the ruling party.
But the election race is now at its closest point since the December 2007 General Election, with the PLP just two percentage poi...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The unemployed are to be given jobs cleaning up the Railway Trail in the hope that it will encourage more Bermudians to consider future careers in landscaping.
The Department of Parks is to provide out-of-work men and women with the horticultural sk...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Staff members at local elder-care facilities have recently earned qualifications from the National Certification Council for Activities Professionals (NCCAP).
Health Minister Zane DeSilva said 19 people from Government and private care facilities too...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The patient safety of our healthcare in Bermuda is on par with the standards of hospitals in Canada.
Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) has maintained its accreditation according to a preliminary report from Accreditation Canada.
Five surveyors spent fiv...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Efforts to protect the Sargasso Sea are closer to fruition, according to Environment Minister Walter Roban.
He said that members of the Sargasso Sea Alliance (SSA) met at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences last week, to discuss how to go about p...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Health Minister Zane DeSilva called for parents to take part in free language screenings organised by Government.
Stressing the importance of language on all aspects of education, he said: “Language provides the foundation for learning the academic c...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Former Premier Ewart Brown will not be using his new healthcare company to import drugs to Bermuda from previously restricted countries, according to Cabinet Minister Zane DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly there was no connection between...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ex-Opposition Leader Kim Swan yesterday urged Government to “take ownership” for the state of the economy, in a speech which earned him loud support from former party colleagues.
Mr Swan claimed the Progressive Labour Party failed to heed warnings ab...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
