Bermuda schools beat US
August 10, 2009
Dear Sir,
I take exception to Mr. Slayton's criticism of our private schools in Bermuda. He obviously is not aware of the excellent examination results our Bermudian children achieve and the top universities th...
El James was reappointed Education Minister yesterday little more than a month after he lost the Cabinet post for publicly calling on the Premier to resign.
Mr. James was sworn-in by Governor Sir Richard Gozney at a 9 a.m. ceremony at Government Hou...
DATE: Aug 18, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Stop all discrimination
August 17, 2009
Dear Sir,
I write in response to an anonymous letter signed Smith's in The Royal Gazette of August 15, 2009. The letter identified CURB President Lynne Winfield as his/her target.
To Smith's: Discrimination a...
With her anger running out of control Jewel Nelson was a violent teenager fighting constantly.
Her behaviour saw her suspended numerous times from CedarBridge Academy where she was failing. But thanks to the intervention of the Mirrors programme she ...
By-election candidate Michael Weeks says it was a bittersweet moment to find he had been picked to replace his friend and mentor Minister Nelson Bascome in Pembroke South East.
But the lifelong Pembroke resident said he was determined to keep the lat...
DATE: Aug 18, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Flummoxed by feeds
August 3, 2009
Dear Sir,
Can someone explain why channel 10 Fox on Bermuda Cablevision switches to channel 15 City TV's feed during prime time (9 p.m.-11 p.m.) when if you wanted to watch City TV you just have to press 15 on your ...
It's likely that Friday's announcement by the Ministry of Education that 24 students will repeat their M3 year in middle school rather than going on to Berkeley Institute or CedarBridge Academy will cause some debate in education circles and in the b...
Gun crime and gang activity has soared. But why? Mirrors coordinator Kimberley Jackson has some clues
Alienated from their own communities but dangerously identified by them by enemy gangs that is the bizarre contradiction facing many teens trapped ...
Two more young Bermudians have joined the editorial staff of The Royal Gazette just as one more has come back from intensive journalism training in the UK.
Nadia Arandjelovic, aged 22, and Owain Johnston-Barnes, aged 27, have started as trainee journ...
El James has been reappointed Education Minister and was sworn-in at a ceremony at Government House this morning.
Mr. James lost his portfolio last month after publicly calling for Premier Ewart Brown to resign in the House of Assembly.
But insiders ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
