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...
Four students have each been awarded the Nicholl scholarship to help pursue their further education.
Lindsay Fisher, Zachary Friesen, Christia Wright and Ashley Berry were each awarded $25,000 scholarships for the period of their present course of st...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
If your idea of decorating your dorm room involves buying a new duvet cover and slapping a poster up on the wall, then think again.
Bermudian-based home decorators Oneka Benn Schwartz and Louisa Freisenbruch have some better ideas for how to afforda...
A race relations event being held next Monday is to feature a host of local historians, authors and politicians.
The University of Oxford recently acquired a collection of books about the history of race and resistance in Bermuda, and the event is b...
DATE: Aug 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The scholarship charity Knowledge Quest has handed out 12 scholarships to students in need of financial assistance.
The 2015 recipients were: Aisha Jones (Accounting, University of Hertfordshire), Tiffany Bean (Environmental Sciences, Trent Universit...
A 41-year-old teacher has been given a conditional discharge for assaulting her colleague.
Shanika Parfitt, of St George’s, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court this morning to unlawfully assaulting Sarah Robinson on May 27.
The court heard that po...
