A true passion for education, a drive to stay ahead of the game and a genuine love of children are some of the essential qualities that make a great teacher.
This is the view of Harrington Sound Primary School teachers Kathy Pearman and Lynett George...
DATE: Jun 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
In a salute to the visionary principal who forged Clearwater Middle School into an institution, the school has named its media and resource centre in honour of Dr Charlotte Ming.
A mural of the late educator, who died in 2013, was created by Chewstic...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
This week I am going to get personal, Mr Editor, but in a good way. It was only two weeks ago in my column on unsung heroes that I mentioned my uncle Bobby Barritt and his influence on my decision to go into politics. The tributes which have appeared...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: John Barritt
As America observed the centenary of the outbreak of its Civil War in 1961, the Bermuda Historical Monuments Trust — predecessor to the National Trust — opened The Confederate Museum in St George’s Globe Hotel.
The Island, because of geography, hist...
With her uncanny ability to connect with her students and determination to make teaching fun, Hilary Lightbourne was the “kid whisperer”.
Mrs Lightbourne, who died earlier this month, is being fondly remembered for more than three decades as a popula...
Six women this week graduated a training programme designed to teach them how to care for the Island’s elderly.
Aisha Mussenden, Khalilah Dill, Katrina Dowling, Kishona Zuill, Sharon Stowe and Zita Pitt successfully completed the Modular Education Pr...
A reshuffle of principals and other leading education staff within the public school system is being implemented by the Department of Education.
Prospect Primary School principal Shangri-La Durham-Thompson is to take a position within the education ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The meteoritic rise in the use of unmanned flying drones present challenges and opportunities for insurers, according to Marsh.
In its report, “Dawning of the Drones: The Evolving Risk of Unmanned Aerial Systems”, the insurance broking and risk manag...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Two Warwick Academy students are the proud winners of prizes in the recent Reef Watch Art Competition.
The winners were Rachael Dill for her sea turtle sculpture and Jamie Newton, who recently joined the school as his father is part of Team Oracle, ...
Alonzo Richards used to wish he was invisible. “The other children kept making jokes about my size, which I didn’t like too much,” he said. “I was stocky.”
He is now a muscular 18-year-old but he was able to tap into those childhood feelings to win t...
