Local student Erika Furbert, above, got a happy surprise this week when she received her exam results for the International Baccalaureate.
“I was so shocked that I just started laughing,” the 17-year-old told The Royal Gazette. “I was so happy and in...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda High School’s 2015 graduating class has beaten the world average in its International Baccalaureate Diploma results, the school reported.
The top student was Kathleen McBeath, with a total of 38 out of a possible 45 IB diploma points, fol...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
In the aftermath of the murder of her son-in-law, James Lawes, Gina Spence saw how the ripple effects of a shooting go far beyond the immediate, devastating loss.
The community activist said that experience inspired her to create the Gina Spence Prod...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Dear Mr Editor,
There are some in this country that would like for us to resign ourselves to the fact that there are rich and there are poor and, because of our current fiscal position, the Government is unable to address the alarming trend of the ri...
DATE: Jul 09, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
A Reply to Robert Stewart — On Welfare
While Mr Stewart’s first article focused rather generally on the question of “who pays” and the role of the state, his second article zeroed in on the question of welfare. He also raises the question of whether ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Starling
Five “well-deserving” young people received art grants towards higher education this morning, in a press conference held by Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin and the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs.
Ms Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Comm...
The sound of violins playing changed Shadaunte Tucker’s life.
“I was 15,” he said. “I awoke one morning in the summer and heard violins playing over the radio. I thought, ‘What’s that beautiful sound? I could be a violinist’.”
He took to the internet...
Bermudians should set their career aims high to avoid being made redundant by technology, the managing partner of recruitment and professional services firm Expertise has advised.
According to Doug Soares, the long-term trend in Bermuda’s job market...
Consumers paid 1.2 per cent more for goods and services in May than they did at the same time the previous year.
But the consumer price index dropped 0.2 per cent between April and May — despite an 8.5 per cent jump in the cost of healthcare.
Governm...
A Warwick Academy student who this week became one of only a few students worldwide to earn top marks in her International Baccalaureate has said that while she worked as hard as she could, she always made time to have fun.
Fiona Dobson, 17, achieve...
DATE: Jul 08, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
