A school which was targeted by an intruder earlier this year is to pilot a new plan for dealing with crises, Education Minister Terry Lister announced on Friday.
Mr. Lister told the House of Assembly that Spice Valley Middle School in Warwick was wor...
DATE: May 08, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The leader of Bermuda?s teaching union is calling for the cane to be used on unruly students in Bermuda?s public schools.
Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT), said he advocated a return to corporal punishment being ...
DATE: May 08, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
he first phrase that springs to mind after a two-hour chat with Mike Charles on the failings and successes of Bermuda?s much-maligned public education system is ?old school?.
Everything about him ? from his solid handshake, neat spectacles and perfec...
After nearly a month of industrial strife ? which saw just over 1,000 strikers mushroom to 7,000 in a matter of weeks ? Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) finally settled the long-running wage dispute that first triggered the April 198...
A WORLD-WIDE shortage of nurses has impacted on Bermuda's hospitals with the properties at times staffed at levels less than optimal for patients or healthcare professionals working there.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) yesterday reported wide flu...
Everyone knows that walking is good for the heart.
But when Marilyn Steede set out on her annual 24-hour walk for charity on March 25 it wasn't her own heart she was thinking about.
Her goal was to raise $10,000 to allow the Bermuda Heart Foundation ...
Visiting child expert Bob Lancer explained how parents? actions greatly impact a child?s life and often undermine their efforts to discipline the child.
Mr. Lancer is visiting Bermuda from Atlanta. he is a popular radio host and author. He was brough...
Teen Pregnancy Month began on Monday with a proclamation by Health and Family Services Minister Patrice Minors. She urged all Bermudians to work together with their families, schools, parishes, churches and social organisations to reduce the amount o...
Interview chilled me
25 April, 2006
Dear Sir,
I was chilled reading the recent in depth interview with Nelson Bascome, in the .
Mr. Bascome apparently does not understand why he had to go from Cabinet, and why there is no place for him there now. It ...
The Bermuda TB Cancer & Health Association wants to encourage students to get involved in medical research by offering a $15,000 scholarship.
The association has been able to raise the funding for the Medical Radiation Sciences Scholarship Award thro...
