The president of the teachers’ union was illegally fired from her teaching job by the Ministry of Education, it was claimed last night.
Dante Cooper, the Bermuda Union of Teachers’ general secretary designate, said the executive committee did not acc...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Health officials last night defended masks for schoolchildren and the continued use of the SafeKey system for bars and restaurants, even though the Cabinet continued to discuss changing coronavirus restrictions.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, and A...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Somersfield Academy pupils are learning social and emotional skills as a result of a new partnership driven by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mightifier, a Finnish social-emotional learning and character development programme, teamed up with the school to c...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A Diploma in Education programme run by Bermuda College in association with The University of the West Indies has been suspended on a temporary basis.
But a spokeswoman for the college said that the college still had a partnership with the Caribbean ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Dear Sir,
The negative narrative surrounding schools and Covid-19 must change. The Royal Gazette has been complicit in this throughout the pandemic, sensationalising school cases or closures, advocating for Covid “measures” that involve children, and...
DATE: Jan 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
About four years ago Ayalnesh Dubale was a single mother struggling to make ends meet.
With no chance of promotion she made the tough decision to quit working for others and start Mudai Ethiopis, a company that sells spices and "a large range of all-...
The number of traffic collisions dropped dramatically towards the end of last year after police launched a crackdown on bad driving habits.
Operation Vega began last July, with police patrols targeting speeding motorists. To date, almost 5,000 ti...
A pressure group is calling on the Ministry of Health to backtrack on what it considers to be excessive and unfair Covid-19 regulations being enforced on children.
The Government reintroduced Phase 1 Covid-19 regulations this week meaning childr...
DATE: Jan 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
This week is Data Privacy Week, an occasion championed by the National Cybersecurity Alliance, the American non-profit, public-private partnership promoting cybersecurity and privacy education and awareness.
A key focus this year is empowering indivi...
A high rate of coronavirus infections among primary school pupils has sparked a warning that school closures were “imminent” and classroom closures “likely” as tougher Phase 1 Covid-19 regulations were implemented.
Education officials said the increa...
DATE: Jan 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
