Bermuda’s Youth Parliament officially reconvened in a ceremony yesterday with a guest speech by Premier Paula Cox.
Youth Premier Ryan Robinson said that the Youth Parliament has already debated controversial issues such as capital punishment and the ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Kidist (Pinky) Emery knew she wanted to be a hair stylist since the age of five.
Then, as a student at Warwick Secondary, she had the opportunity to visit Paris three times on school trips and became captivated by the chic city and the beauty industr...
A new regional group of the London-based Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has been established in Bermuda.
The formation of the new regional group in Bermuda reflects rising local interest in a professional approach to risk management.
IRM chairma...
November 17, 2011
Dear Sir,
The OBA is a blank slate. Their website and their pronouncements run to statements like “We will put Bermuda first”, or “We will lead by example”. These are the things any politician wakes up saying. They fill up air time ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Motivational speaker LeDerick Horne was nine years old when he was first labelled “neurologically impaired”.
Even today as an adult he struggles with spelling, reads at a sixth grade level and has a hard time with basic arithmetic, like adding, subt...
Local Art: Global Perspective is the theme for this year’s BNG Student Art Competition. Be inspired by the current exhibitions. Create a unique work of art that explores the question: ‘How are global issues impacting Bermuda?’ Along with the artwork,...
Teacher certification and licensing laws are set to be tightened up during the current parliamentary session.
And Career Academies, which could see public school students graduate from high school with Associate degrees, could be up and running by th...
Bermuda College has created a five-year plan that will address “enormous deficits” in students’ basic academic skills.
Irving Berkowitz said that many high school graduates entering Bermuda College need one to two years of pre-college English and mat...
DATE: Nov 17, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Connecting with the community is a focus of Saltus Grammar School’s activities beyond the classroom this school year, and Year 6 students have embraced the concept enthusiastically.
Under the guidance of Year 6 teacher Nicola Cunha, the students hav...
If there’s anything that can be said about Victor Scott Primary School students, it’s that they sure know how to form their numbers.
The Royal Gazette recently asked students to line up in the shape of the number ‘80’ in celebration of the school’s 8...