IN the wake of recent tragic events Bermuda continues to focus on violence directed towards women. This is a worldwide phenomenom, of course, and women living in some areas of the world are subjected to violence and threats of violence on the basis t...
The Warwick Community Education programme was started to address the problem with youngsters in that parish.
Twenty three years later the programme encompasses the whole Island and the demand is so great for some courses that there simply isn't enoug...
DATE: Aug 30, 2002 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
HAVING a production scheduled around you is one feature of having arrived as an actor, but Jason Eddy is departing immediately, back to school, where he will not be able to audition elsewhere for the duration of his course.
This is less of a problem ...
AT the age of 32, Marc Telemaque is well-positioned to become one of Bermuda's premier civil servants.
Poised to take over the $124,000-a-year post of Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Transport next month, the graduate of Paget Primary and the...
AN irate mother of one has blasted the private pre-school system for favouring expatriate children over Bermudians.
Speaking to the Mid-Ocean News anonymously, the Bermudian said she had registered her 21-month-old son for three pre-schools including...
September represents the beginning of a new school year - but it won't just be the children returning to the classroom.
Many of those taking advantage of the opportunity to learn new skills have been out of school longer than they care to admit, but ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2002 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
A Magistrate was full of quotes yesterday as he chastised two mothers who claimed they were doing all they could to ensure that their children attended school, before he granted them absolute discharges.
"The responsibility does not end when you drop...
DATE: Aug 30, 2002 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Carla Zuill
There have been growing concerns among educators and employers, and within the wider community, about students emerging from school having achieved poor standards of literacy and numeracy.
These concerns are justified. In an increasingly technical wo...
Our understanding of the environment gained a boost this summer with ten interns participating in the eight week Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) Internship Programme 2002.
The research was funded jointly by the Ernest Stempel Foundation and F...
A wealthy Chinese industrialist being investigated for allegedly syphoning off hundreds of millions of pounds from state-owned companies may have been taken to Bermuda.
Yang Rong, 46, was the driving force behind a partnership between MG Rover and Be...
