Bermuda's love affair with the arts has not only continued to flourish this year but also expanded to include the first Bermuda International Film Festival. Co-founder and chairman Aideen Ratteray Pryse said that the enthusiastic audience response co...
The former Chief Education Officer has suggested that Government scrap a controversial multi-media language programme in primary schools.
Calling the Writing-to-Read programme one which has done more harm than good, Dean Furbert told The Royal Gazett...
National Council for Resource Development.
Adolph Luttke, general manager of Corange Ltd., and a Bermuda College board member, was recently presented with the NCRD's Benefactor's Award at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, D.C.
It was the first time th...
The Bermuda Youth Counselling Services programme, which is a joint project between the National Drug Commission and the Ministry of Education, was initially scheduled to open in October, according to Education Minister Jerome Dill.
During a Press con...
Two telephone company chiefs are hoping to set up a direct line to the Hamilton East constituency.
For new Government Senator Angelita Fox, a marketing chief at Cable and Wireless, and Francis Furbert, a Bermuda Telephone Company manager, are likely ...
DATE: Dec 30, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) forecasts this year income from overseas investments will about equal the amount of money residents invested outside of the Island in the last 12 months.
The balance of payments equalisation is seen as an indicati...
DATE: Dec 30, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Ahmed Elamin
Quinell Maria Binns and Charmaine Outerbridge Smith were ushered into the Island's legal community during a double Call to the Bar ceremony in the Supreme Court.
Lawyer Sonia Grant, who made the application on behalf of Ms Binns, and Attorney General...
The Education Ministry has begun its advertising campaign for primary school registration next year.
And senior education officer for early childhood Alberta Dyer Tucker explained that this was to ensure that parents were well aware of the procedure ...
from other Government schools, have difficulty reading.
CedarBridge principal Ernest Payette, a man who knows what he is talking about and is not tied to the Department of Education, has been quoted as saying: "When you have 17-year-olds functioning ...
Government could prevent some of the literacy problems in the public education system by lowering the school entry age, Opposition Leader Jennifer Smith has charged.
Ms Smith, who is also the Shadow Education Minister, was responding to news that som...
