Staff at the Ministry of Education have been given clear directions on what is expected of them when it comes to spending the public purse, a senior civil servant said yesterday.
In the House of Assembly on Monday Minister of Education Dame Jennifer ...
The New Beginning Education Trust has been publicly launched by its founding trustee Kerry Judd at a speech before Hamilton Rotary Club.
Ms Judd said she was now “openly seeking investors” for the educational and professional training trust.
With a l...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A student and her former instructor have teamed up to expand the wellness lifestyle options for locals.
Bermudian Carola Cooper has been massaging away our aches and pains for ten years. When demand for her services increased beyond what she could co...
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...
