The Bermuda Union of Teachers has joined the number of unions speaking out against a Bermuda Government lawsuit against Jason Hayward.
Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, formally launched a defamation lawsuit — to be paid for by the Government — ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Children are the same, the world over.
That’s what Nadia Khan learnt from a summer spent teaching in Thailand.
“I thought there would be more cultural differences,” said the 31-year-old teacher.
“With my own students at Somersfield Academy, they ofte...
The Pembroke Rotary Club has donated back-to-school supplies to foster children.
The club gave 50 backpacks filled with stationery and other items to the Bermuda Foster Parents’ Association.
Working with the Department of Child and Family Services, t...
North Village will honour one of their former players, Charlie Emery, during the inaugural North Village Memorial Preseason Football Tournament which starts tonight at the North Field, National Sports Centre.
The round-robin tournament will feature H...
DATE: Aug 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Football | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
The best actors possess a curious duality, one predicated on the contradictory need for self-exposure and self-protection.
They are “wide open, yet with no breaches in their armour”, as one renowned critic termed this paradoxical quality.
Defencele...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
Summer maintenance work at the Island’s schools is nearly complete and they will be open on time for the new term, Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, has assured the public.
However, the ministry is still working to fill “one or two” vacancies b...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
A judge has questioned the timing of an attempt to block teacher and principal transfers — two weeks before the new school term.
The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association was in Civil Court yesterday to seek a judicial review against the Ministr...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Dear Sir,
On Tuesday, August 4 at 9.43pm, after a brisk walk, hurrying not to miss my bus, I was treated less than humanely by the male bus driver driving the No 8 bus to Somerset.
The bus was scheduled to leave at 9.45pm, I arrived at the Hamilton B...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Martha Dismont has challenged Bermuda’s politicians to demonstrate the leadership behaviour needed to tackle a multitude of social problems.
The executive director of Family Centre noted that Michael Dunkley has continuously called for Bermudians to ...
Two young men have received the Southampton Parish Educational Awards for 2015.
Taylor Braithwaite and Carlsen Philip II have both been residents of the parish for more than 20 years and began their education together at Southampton Pre-school.
Mr Br...
