Mark Byrne has mastered flying a plane and spearheading an international reinsurance company — and now he's turning his attention to overhauling Bermuda's beleaguered education system.
The new chairman of the Board of Education told The Royal Gazette...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
A new curriculum for public schools is to be brought in from abroad — and Bermudianised.
New Board of Education chairman Mark Byrne and Education Minister El James have revealed that a plan to rewrite the current curriculum following an audit from ov...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Dakarai Smith, the first of Bermuda's quintuplets to graduate from high school, has been back at the city of his birth preparing for an exciting new stage of his life.
Dakarai was in Washington DC to sit the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) necessary f...
Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons has criticised Government for the length of time it has taken to initiate a national energy plan.
Mr. Simons was responding to a Motion in the House of Assembly on Wednesday by Energy Minister Terry Lister: 'Th...
A revised and rewritten set of rules for the House of Assembly will go before MPs this summer — when they could be asked to approve the opening up of parliamentary committees.
Deputy Speaker Dame Jennifer Smith and Shadow Legislative Reform Minister ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Bermuda's budding legal eagles will have the chance to learn about British law and forge links with their British counterparts thanks to a new programme launched by the Law Society of England & Wales.
The Law Society has invited applications for the ...
Two of the Island's top footballers will put their playing careers on hold to pursue their academic ambitions abroad later this year.
PHC Zebras pair Kevin Richards and Jonathan Ball are due to attend University of Notre Dame in the US and City Unive...
DATE: Mar 20, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
The dust has mostly settled on the controversy over Youth and Sport Minister Glenn Blakeney's decision to overrule his nominating committee's choice of Athlete of the Year.
While of great interest to sports fans, this was not a life or death question...
Government was yesterday forced to defer a Bill to permit gambling on cruise ships in dock after vocal objections from Opposition MPs and its own Party members.
Premier Ewart Brown allowed a vote of conscience on the Prohibition of Gaming Machines Am...
Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley yesterday praised CITV, but called for a greater role for the Opposition in the television station.
Sen. Dunkley said although he had publicly opposed the Government initiative in 2007, he was so impressed by ...
