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 | CATEGORY: Politics | 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 ...
Warwick Academy principal Maggie McCorkell announced the new head boy and girl, Brian Wedlich and Hannah Marshall, during an assembly on April 22 in the Phoebe Purvis Memorial Hall at Warwick Academy.
They have taken on the responsibility to succeed...
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 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Imagine going to the South of France, and not just for a visit.
Our Principal, Maggie McCorkell, is going there with her husband at the end of July. She’ll be living in a nice, warm and cosy village.
Mrs McCorkell has worked in Bermuda for 37 years a...
Students from CedarBridge Academy have gone on a college tour to help them to decide where they want to further their studies, and help them gain the knowledge to select a major.
• Bathsheba Jones, S4
From March 23 until April 4, I had the pleasure...
ConnecTech, Bermuda’s first technology incubator, encouraging collaboration and innovation, held its grand opening this week, featuring a guest appearance from the island’s leading footballer, Nahki Wells.
The co-working space held a public open hous...
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 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Any discussion about the problems in American education — and what is to blame for these problems — will likely include one or all of the usual suspects: inadequate and unequal funding, a lack of resources, underpaid and overworked teachers, over-tes...
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 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
