Education Minister Randolph Horton believes it is impossible to feel confident plans for 6 a.m. exams will be shelved — but has vowed to do everything he can to make that happen.
Mr. Horton has been in contact with UK authorities to argue against the...
DATE: May 08, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Worried parents plan to send a letter of protest to the UK about their children having to sit important exams at 6 a.m.
The parent teacher association (PTA) at Bermuda High School for Girls will write to the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQ...
DATE: May 07, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The vital importance of family caregivers to the economy was highlighted at the recent "Aging in America" conference in Washington, DC, hosted by the National Council on Aging and the American Society on Aging.
We were told that the value of family c...
There is a worrying ignorance of Bermuda's international business sector by the country's youngsters, one of the Island's top lawyers has claimed.
Speaking at the Rotary Club of Hamilton's latest meeting held at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club...
Anthony Jeramiah, the International Tennis Federation's representative for the region, believes that Bermuda will never produce a top-class professional tennis player until attitudes on the Island to sport and education change.
At the moment sport on...
Education Minister Randy Horton has thanked educators and union members for attending information sessions organised in conjunction with the Interim Education Board.
The discussions last week updated participants on the progress of the reforms to the...
Get 'em while they're hot! That's the word re: tickets for the In Motion School of Dance's 11th dance showcase, which opens at City Hall theatre on Friday evening.
Entitled 'Dancers at Work' and directed by In Motion owner Lizz Pimental, it will feat...
A more logical rationale
April 29, 2008
Dear Sir,
Mr. Reginald Burrows, former PLP politician, makes a number of interesting and valid points in the interview with him published in The Royal Gazette on April 28. Mr Burrows, however, professes to be "...
Change won't help UBP
April 18, 2008
Dear Sir,
I would like to thank Michael Fahy, the chairman of the UBP, for the time and effort he took to respond to my letters of January 4 and March 18 suggesting the UBP disband. I recognise that this is not an...
In Bermuda, almost everyone knows someone with asthma. Even higher are the numbers of people you know, but didn't know were asthmatic.
Twelve percent of the population suffers with the disease, that's roughly 7,200 of us. And, according to a spokespe...
