family spoke yesterday to Sandys Secondary School students on the importance of education and heritage.
Nettie Washington Douglass impressed upon the students the need to learn their history and to always "Keep your eyes on the prize''.
Ms Washington...
studied in 1978 experienced almost four times the number of decayed teeth as those studied in 1983. Also, the cavities seen today are usually much smaller than 20 years ago. This improvement is due to several changes in our community. The first and m...
Recent reports of students found with drugs in primary schools indicate schools intolerance of such activity.
But teachers were not trying to have youngsters prosecuted.
Chief Education Officer Joseph Christopher yesterday told the media teachers wer...
It is hoped that Bermuda National Youth, under the direction of local jazz musician Wendell (Shine) Hayward, will inspire some of the Island's musically-gifted young people.
And the Council has organised a musical festival tomorrow at Bernard Park.
T...
Prison officials are considering implementing a programme aimed at reducing the rate of recidivism among young offenders.
And if the programme -- devised by prison psychologist Mike Burkhead -- is accepted, it will completely revise the Corrective Tr...
Argus Insurance Co. Ltd. subsidiary Bermuda Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has been recognised for its staff development programme by a prestigious North American trade organisation involved in development and training for those in the life insurance indust...
difficult to imagine that the roots of H. A. & E. Smith Ltd. lie in a Shelly Bay home.
But according to the company's president, W. Roger Davidson, it was in 1889 that the business first began operating as a dry goods store in Hamilton Parish.
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a report that another primary school student was found with drugs.
A Prospect Primary teacher discovered "plant material'' on a 12-year-old student on Tuesday and contacted Police.
"This is the third such incident, in about as many weeks, where a sch...
Department of Education need to work harder to ensure that qualified recipients of their scholarships are able to find work, an Opposition Senator charged yesterday.
Sen. Terry Lister (PLP), speaking during the motion to adjourn in the Upper House ye...
launched by Bermuda's new long-distance phone company. Half of TeleBermuda International's new residential and commercial customers had been switched over to the network. ---- Page 2 RUNAWAY PRISONER JAILED CTS Runaway prisoner jailed The long ar...