The head of Bermuda's Youth Counselling Services yesterday warned against seeking quick-fix solutions for high school drug abuse.
In survey results released last week by the National Drug Commission, a majority of young people who used marijuana or a...
A call from Premier Jennifer Smith for the teaching of international business to be expanded in Bermuda's schools has met with approval from the Opposition and local business leaders.
But they stressed that international business should not be taught...
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Bermuda College may be on the brink of being transformed into "university college'', giving a broad range of courses at all levels.
And 1999 is the Silver Anniversary of the College and the next 17 months will see several events to mark its developme...
DATE: Jan 27, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Patrick Burgess
Road safety chiefs yesterday called for tough new zero alcohol drink driving laws in a bid to cut down Bermuda's grim death toll on the roads.
Delcina Bean Burrows -- the new go-ahead chairman of the influential Road Safety Council -- said: "The top ...
tool to motivate their students to excel.
Bermuda College lecturer and former Warwick Secondary mathematics teacher Angela Samuels has recently received her Doctorate in Education from Columbia University and presented her dissertation to educators a...
DATE: Jan 26, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Patrick Burgess
being killed by maurauding dogs on Friday.
Saturday's newspaper reported a man corralled two dogs shortly after they mauled and killed another man's cat.
In a separate incident, a man left home early on Friday and returned that evening to find his ca...
Bermudians backed the new Government.
But Sen. Kim Swan sounded a warning that the traditional honeymoon period for a new administration would not last.
And he said the PLP's first Budget would be the first test for the PLP Government -- and of publi...
DATE: Jan 25, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
In the pick of matches in the last eight, Simon and Alan Bergl narrowly defeated Gary and Norman Furtado in an exciting 4-3 match. The children were left to fight the decider, with Simon Bergl clawing back a nine-point deficit to draw level at 12 poi...
Premier Jennifer Smith yesterday pledged support for the international business sector, and said initiatives were under way to streamline "perceived bureaucratic obstacles'' to setting up and operating a company on the Island.
In a speech before memb...
DATE: Jan 20, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Ahmed Elamin