Shadow Education Minister Dr. Grant Gibbons last night asked 'what happened to the rest of the students' after Government reported an 80 percent graduation rate for 213 S4 pupils this summer.
The previous year, 2005-6, there were 309 S4 pupils enroll...
Business leaders met with the Premier to discuss ways to assist a cross-section of Bermuda's public.
They have been dubbed the Council of Economic Advisors.
The group includes Bank of Bermuda C.E.O. Philip Butterfield, Butterfield Bank Chairman Brian...
Bermudians are being urged to tune in to an in-depth 13-part environmental documentary series filmed entirely in and around the Island, and thought to be the first of its kind for Bermuda, that starts broadcasting on local TV this week.
And the maker...
DATE: Oct 22, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
AT the beginning of this month representatives from Bermuda's sailing clubs got together to decide on how to improve their sport . . . and how to get Government to officially declare sailing a "national sport".
Although various people have been calli...
THREE Bermuda coaches fly out to Asunción, Paraguay this weekend to attend the 15th ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference which will be staged between October 22-28. Terry Smith, Eugene Simmons and Howard Cross will all attend the conference and this will...
Ed Mierzwinski is trying to get the word out to college students that the free T-shirt or teddy bear or sub sandwich they accept in exchange for signing up for a credit card could end up costing them a lot of financial heartache.
For years now, lende...
Twenty pupils from Somersfield Academy joined forces yesterday with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) to help preserve the Island's native and endemic plant species.
It is the second time the school has taken part in the "Dollars For Hou...
In Bermuda, there are always two explanations for everything. There’s the truth, which hardly anyone ever credits, and there’s a secondary, conspiracy-theory style explanation. In that regard, I can deny a rumour that has been sweeping the Island thi...
Government has reported an 80 percent graduation rate for the 2006-7 public school year - a 22 percentage point increase on the previous year.
Out of the 213 S4 students enrolled in 2006-7, 80 percent have now graduated with their Bermuda School Cert...
Legislation requiring companies to put in plans to promote black Bermudians could be extended to all firms, not just large ones, says Community and Cultural Affairs Minister Wayne Perinchief.
The controversial Workforce Equity Act 2007 had originally...
