Work skills training, and grappling with the impact of the recession, were at the fore in the latest Bermuda College annual report.
College President Duranda Greene said the 2011/12 academic year saw a rise in partnerships with Government and busines...
DATE: Feb 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A new group linking teachers with scientists has been formed by Bermuda Education Network in tandem with Somersfield Academy.
Teachers can register for the association, dubbed the STEM Network, via BEN’s Facebook page.
BEN and Somersfield organised l...
It is already too late when parents of a young man with great promise discover the lifeless body of their son in bath tub after he experimented with a legal substance, still being sold in the United States and other countries, as a substitute for mar...
DATE: Feb 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Al Seymour
Sex isn’t something that everyone feels comfortable talking about Nekia Walker is helping change that.
She offers counselling on marriage, sex and relationship issues and life coaching through the practice she established a year ago.
What she’s foun...
Premier Craig Cannonier has tabled proposed pay cuts for Cabinet Ministers, as promised by the party.
The changes include pay cuts for many posts, Cabinet Ministers who sit in the Senate would receive a boost in pay to set them at the same level as C...
DATE: Feb 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tougher rules for Government aid have been given a cautious assessment by the Island’s social agencies.
The stricter measures for both Financial Assistance and Child Day Care will see Government requiring certain clients to take “mandatory life skill...
DATE: Feb 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Need a personal trainer but having trouble finding the one that fits into your exercise schedule?
Jeremy Smith might just be the answer to your needs.
His online fitness mentoring and coaching programme JS Health Consulting is cheaper than one-on-one...
Three Bermuda teenagers recently made their mark at the World Schools Debating Championship in Antalya, Turkey.
Nicholas Pell, 16, Jashonae Smith, 16, and William Campbell, 14, took on seven other nations at the annual competition last month.
The thr...
DATE: Feb 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government must act quickly on its Throne Speech pledge to add technical skills to the school curriculum, the Bermuda Education Network believes.
The One Bermuda Alliance promised on Friday that it would “introduce an integrated technical curriculum ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
An ambitious legislative agenda was laid out yesterday as Governor George Fergusson read the first One Bermuda Alliance Government Throne Speech.
Pledges focused on tackling violent crime and rebuilding the economy.
“A key principle embedded in this ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2013 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
