Nothing can be better than a series of coincidences that land a good feature in the lap of a journalist. I refer to one in particular occurring for me during the year just ended.
It pertains to a vibrant and charismatic Canadian-born Anglican priest...
The Association of School Principals has hit out again at the Ministry of Education’s decision to parachute an executive principal into Prospect Primary School amid concerns about student performance.
The organisation issued a fresh statement yesterd...
DATE: Jan 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Wassup Bermuda! I hit on a hot topic last week tourism which was addressed by another writer. Last week we were looking at how standards have dropped and we allow young people to do whatever the heck they want. We also looked at how some of them beha...
Government’s controversial appointment of an executive principal to boost performance at Prospect Primary School has been officially endorsed for the first time by the school’s executive.
Following talks with the Ministry of Education, the Prospect P...
DATE: Jan 12, 2012 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Seeing the world through a different lens is a major goal of the Bermuda National Gallery’s Youth Camera Action (YCA) programme. The free photography programme for young people 11 to 14 years of age, offers instruction in the use of photographic equi...
Education reform remains one of our most significant challenges. It tends not to produce stark headlines nor is it ever the topic of sustained debate in any public arena.
Yet major reforms are necessary and the Ministry of Education has set about mak...
DATE: Jan 11, 2012 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Walton Brown
Road safety campaigners believe a decrease in fatal crashes shows their message is finally getting across to motorists.
Nine people were killed on Bermuda’s roads in 2011, the lowest figure since 2004, indicating a grim trend which has claimed 127 li...
DATE: Jan 11, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Michelle Scott Outerbridge is the new chairman of the Human Rights Commission.
Ms Outerbridge, formerly the deputy chairman, was chairman of race group CURE until it dissolved in 2010. She replaces lawyer Shade Subair who led the HRC for 12 months; l...
DATE: Jan 11, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
The Bermuda Insurance Institute (BII) is offering scholarship monies for people interested in entering the re/insurance field.
Every six months the BII provides bursaries to help fund specific insurance training through the BII for Bermudians, spous...
A schoolboy charged with possessing cannabis on school property was given a conditional discharge when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court.
Bryan McIntosh, 17, of Hillsdale, Smith’s, pleaded guilty in December to having 0.7g of the drug at the Berkeley...
DATE: Jan 11, 2012 | CATEGORY: Court | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
