Dear Annie: I am 17 years old and going to be a senior in high school in the fall. Pretty soon, I will be making some very important decisions about my future and choosing where I want to go to college. I get nearly straight A’s and could probably ge...
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons is calling on Government to fulfil its promise to release in full a damning report on the Island’s public schools.
Education Minister Randy Horton has promised that the document — penned by UK professor David H...
DATE: May 22, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — A combination of yoga poses, breathing exercises and relaxation may help reduce the frequency and intensity of migraines, a new study suggests.Researchers in India found that among 72 adults suffering from migraines, patie...
We must change Bermuda
May 8, 2007
Dear Sir,
The Royal Gazette’s recent profile of one individual’s/church’s school feeding programme should raise serious questions about the social state of our community.
Before I proceed with the point of this arti...
The independent review into Bermuda’s failing public education system cost almost a quarter of a million dollars, it has emerged.
Education Minister Randy Horton, in answer to parliamentary questions from former Opposition leader Grant Gibbons, revea...
Premier Ewart Brown’s “lavish” lifestyle last night came under fire after he and his entourage spent more than $280,000 of taxpayers’ money on overseas trips in a ten-month period.
Dr. Brown racked up a $23,000 hotel bill during a one-week stay in Lo...
DATE: May 21, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
AS college graduation season comes to a close, the newly anointed degree holders will finally have to face a new reality — life with hefty education debt. By the time they graduate, about two-thirds of students at four-year colleges and universities ...
An ill-tempered debate at the close of business in the House of Assembly saw more than the usual amount of highly-charged rhetoric bounce off the walls of the chamber.
Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson started off by re-igniting her long-running ...
Bermuda’s laws have to change to protect the rights of learning challenged students, a learning support teacher recently told a Bermudians Overcoming Learning Disabilities (BOLD) meeting.
Teacher Phyllis Harshaw, who is herself visually impaired, was...
Grant Gibbons is clearly, like all of the Island’s politicians, in election mode right now. Newly appointed as Shadow Education Minister, he has a lot to say about how he would improve Bermuda’s in-crisis public school system — and plenty of blame to...
DATE: May 21, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
