Eleven teachers have been congratulated by education minister Wayne Scott after completing the new teacher induction programme.
The two-year scheme is designed to assist new teachers as they meet the challenges of the contemporary classroom, accordin...
Donald Trump believes American Muslims are hiding something. “They know what’s going on. They know that [Omar Mateen] was bad,” he said after the Orlando massacre. “They have to co-operate with law enforcement and turn in the people who they know are...
Deryn Lavell has been appointed the new Head of School at Saltus Grammar School.
Ms Lavell, who will start in the summer of 2017 subject to immigration approval, has been the Head of The Bishop Strachan School, in Toronto, since 2009.
Her previous ro...
Sir John Swan may best be described as an idealist without illusions. He is a man whose boldly optimistic vision of what Bermuda has the potential to be has always been tempered by an intuitive understanding of life’s harder realities.
His ability t...
DATE: Jun 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
Most of us are not privy to detailed information regarding decisions by those in authority on a number of important issues, especially when it involves consideration for a Bermudian to fill the post of Commissioner of Education. Having had someone hi...
DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Al Seymour
Teachers union leader Mike Charles has condemned the Minister of Education’s “lame” plan to address serious failings in the public school system.
“Once again, we have a minister planning to have a plan,” said Mr Charles yesterday of Wayne Scott’s rev...
DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda School Sports Federation will honour 58 of the island’s top student-athletes tonight in the 31st annual Denton Hurdle Memorial Awards at Warwick Academy starting at 7pm.
The awards are held in memory of the late PE teacher and top rugby ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
Pee-wee players from Warwick Academy’s youth programme will have a clear pathway to the Robin Hood first team after an affiliation between the two clubs.
Warwick Academy, who have several teams in the Bermuda Football Association youth leagues, have ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Football | AUTHOR: Stephen Wright
The captive industry in Bermuda faces a new obstacle as tough new rules on reporting foreign assets come into force.
Scott Slater, tax services partner at professional services firm PwC, said: “Our captive clients face a number of challenges with the...
DATE: Jun 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Does anyone know who their father is? This question posed in the Greek myth, The Odyssey, is asked by a son who grew up while his father spent many years “fighting battles in distant lands”. The answer wouldn’t pertain to DNA, but something deeper.
D...
DATE: Jun 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Glenn Fubler
