Ambitious Whitney Institute Middle School students had cause for celebration this week as eight students were commended for passing IGCSEs after sitting the exams two years early.
The head start required extra work from teachers as well as the M3 stu...
“We have learned from one who knew and frequently conversed with Bowen that he was born of creditable parents in the island of Bermuda who gave him a good education befitting him for the sea.” — Captain Charles Johnson, 1724.
Seven hundred years aft...
A back-to-school event is being held today at Victor Scott School by the Progressive Labour Party, and an invitation has been extended to all residents of constituencies 15, 16 and 21.
The event will be from 12 noon until 4pm.
Constituency 16 MP Mich...
A strongly-worded response by Education Permanent Secretary Warren Jones, who hit back at criticism of the recruitment of a non-Bermudian to the post of Education Commissioner, have been deemed “insensitive, inappropriate and offensive” by the Bermud...
Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert has joined calls for the unemployed to make their presence felt on Labour Day.
And he said his union will continue pushing for changes to some of the Island’s labour laws.
In a wide-ranging interview, ...
Inflation has declined month-over-month, but consumers were paying 1.8 percent more in July 2013 than they did a year ago for the basket of goods and services included in the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
July’s CPI was released today by the Departmen...
Government makes no promises on assigning a Bermudian to the job of Education Commissioner, Permanent Secretary Warren Jones has warned.
Hitting back at “negative comments” over the selection of US educator Edmond Heatley to the post previously held ...
Next week marks the start of the school year for many of the Island’s students. We’d like to record the experience with a slide show of back-to-school pictures on our website, www.theroyalgazette.com. Send us a picture, moms and dads. Whether it’s th...
The coming school year is to be five days shorter due to Government’s agreement with trade unions requiring public officers to take unpaid days off.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed with the Bermuda Trade Union Congress last month.
Pu...
Barber unites with Caines Productions to offer haircuts and school supplies to needy families
By Ceola Wilson
A father of five who knows first hand what it costs to prepare children for school has decided to sponsor free haircuts for boys to give som...
