Free tuition at Bermuda College may be replaced with “discounted” tuition, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith revealed yesterday.
And such a change may not necessarily be a bad thing, according to Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons, who also...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons asked what’s happened to Bermuda’s Blueprint for Education as he accused Government of making vague promises on reform.
Last April, then Education Minister Elvin James released a five-year plan to improve publi...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night described an increase in fees for visitors seeking extended stays on the Island as “nonsensical” and a “throwback to an age of dinosaurs”.
He told the House of Assembly he couldn’t understand why Govern...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011 | CATEGORY: Tourism | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The Premier and her Cabinet Ministers will host a second town hall meeting this evening to discuss the National Budget. The event will be held at Pennos Wharf, St George, starting at 7pm.
Premier Paula Cox said the town hall meeting will “afford memb...
Education Ministry cash was spent on programmes that weren’t supposed to receive it as staff abused the Government grants system, Minister Dame Jennifer Smith said yesterday.
Dame Jennifer pledged to tighten up controls as she explained how Education...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Say no to animal shows
February 23, 2011
Dear Sir,
I wholeheartedly agree with the letter written by Maureen Ware-Cieters regarding the wild tiger magic show that is currently taking place in Bermuda. We cannot call ourselves an enlightened society...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
There are three times as many part-time students as full-time at the Bermuda College, according to data released by the Education Minister.
Dame Jennifer Smith responded in the House of Assembly to parliamentary questions posed by Shadow Education M...
An award-winning teenaged sailor was killed in a road accident on Saturday night.
Vershon Simmons, 18, of Pembroke, died in King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after his motorcycle crashed with a car on Harbour Road, Paget, at 9.30pm.
Described as an i...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Bermudian students were in New York this week as part of a UN Conference on the impact of the internet
A total of 24 students from Warwick Academy, CedarBridge Academy, Mount St Agnes, Berkeley Institute and Saltus attended the 35th annual United Nat...
DATE: Mar 05, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Studying the Bible on your own can be a challenge, especially when it comes down to some of the harder aspects, like prophecy and the law. However, those interested in learning more about the Bible and Christian principles in a structured format can ...
