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Bermuda College students will be required to pay for courses starting this autumn.
College president Duranda Greene yesterday told students the tuition structure would change although details have yet to be finalised. Students now attend the college ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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Education
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The Countess of Wessex visited the staff and students of the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy this afternoon as part of a whirlwind tour of the Island.
She and her husband, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, arrived on the Island last night, and are s...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Opposition MP Charlie Swan is proposing a state lottery to fund charities and other community groups.
The Shadow Transport Minister said in the House of Assembly this week that such a scheme could generate funding for youth, sports and arts organisat...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
As Parliament sat in the House of Assembly yesterday, a replica parliamentary debate was being held in a conference room across Hamilton.
The Commonwealth Youth Summit, hosted by Bermuda’s Youth Parliament, brought together 36 students from six diffe...
DATE: Mar 15, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Education may not publish each school’s exam results, according to the chairman of the Education Board.
Darren Johnston told The Royal Gazette the Ministry and Board were currently debating how to publish education reports.
Shadow Ed...
DATE: Mar 14, 2011
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Education
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Parents wishing to transfer their students to a new public school will now require permission from the Ministry of Education.
Minister Jennifer Smith told the House of Assembly yesterday the new policy was aimed at ensuring the interests of a child c...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Elizabeth Blankendal’s after-school commitments may be getting ahead of her: the 16-year-old Berkeley Institute student just found out she’s been chosen for this summer’s Global Young Leaders Conference without even knowing who nominated her.
“To be ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has drastically reduced the amount of road resurfacing it aims to do each year, according to Opposition MP Grant Gibbons.
He raised concerns in the House of Assembly after Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess said the highways section of ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Student transfer requests within the public school system will come under more scrutiny, Education Minster Jennifer Smith announced today.
Dame Jennifer said the new policy was aimed at ensuring the interests of a child came first, not to add red tap...
DATE: Mar 11, 2011
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Demolition of the old hospital building began this week as the construction of a new hospital building continues.
The Bermuda Hospital Board said the demolition of the building, which is more than 90-years-old, will be conducted slowly in order to mi...
DATE: Mar 11, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
