Forced transfers of primary pupils to other schools as part of a major shake-up of the education system could cause huge trauma, the shadow education minister warned last night.
Ben Smith of the One Bermuda Alliance said: “We should be really worried...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
International re/insurance industry leaders Aeolus Capital Management, Ariel Re and Fortitude Re will join the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers for 2021, the industry body announced today.
The chief executive officers of the three compa...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Business Staff
The Institute of Directors, Bermuda, is celebrating the success of three delegates who achieved the diploma in company direction designation.
Cora Lee Starzomski, Jeffrey Ingelman and Tanya Bule all achieved distinction in their results and take the ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
Bermudians living in London and the south-east of England can still travel home over the holiday season, despite new lockdown laws in the UK.
A Government spokeswoman today appealed to Bermudians in the UK to stick to the UK restrictions.
But she add...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: General | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Public schools will reopen at the start of the new term next year on a remote basis, it was revealed tonight.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the regime would run from January 5 to January 12.
Mr Rabain said: “Teachers will begin online l...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A total of nine primary schools face closure in one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of the public education system.
The shock news came in a consultation document from the education ministry outlined plans for the creation of just ten parish ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The number of teachers in Bermuda’s public primary schools cannot be cut if school rolls remained the same, a senior teachers’ union official warned yesterday.
Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, was speaking after t...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: News | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Deloitte Bermuda has highlighted its charitable and environmental efforts this year with the release of its 2020 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report.
A spokeswoman for the audit and advisory firm said 2020 brought “a new set of challe...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
My daughter flung herself down on me, crying as she said, "I hate this so much." She's 11 now but still a foot shorter than me, so her head was pressed into my chest, her words muffled. I felt the damp of her tears press through my T-shirt and squeez...
A charity for children with reading challenges has appointed a new executive director.
Kendra-Lee Pearman, an educational psychologist, has taken over from Glenn Faries, who held the post for five years.
Dr Pearman said the clinic’s mission had struc...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
