The Government failed to listen to the profession before the “massively botched” reopening of the island’s public schools, the Bermuda Union of Teachers said yesterday.
Nishanthi Bailey, the BUT president, said teachers had been “bullied” by the educ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
What if the underlying narrative or the unspoken message that some of us have learnt from our church upbringing or our connection with Christianity, is that God ultimately wants us to be "better" people?
What if it is that God wants us to be more gen...
A scientist sounded the alarm four times last week that the coronavirus test system was about to be overwhelmed by the latest outbreak — but was ignored by Government officials.
Carika Weldon, the director of the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Lab...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Acting ministerial appointments were approved for 11 intervals that spanned seven weeks from the end of November, information from Government House has shown.
The temporary cover was authorised by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, for eight members of the 1...
The Government came under fire yesterday from the Leader of the Opposition for a “frustrating and unbelievable” delay in Covid-19 tests that was followed by the resignation of the programme’s top scientist.
Cole Simons said the Government had “ignore...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Schools that reopened their classrooms this week were hit by widespread staff and pupil absences because of a failure to get coronavirus test results returned in time, sources said yesterday.
One public school staff member highlighted that a class at...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
After-school programmes were suspended today at many schools because of the Covid-19 pandemic and delayed test results.
The Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation said there will be a delay in the after-school programme and after-school club servi...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Pacers Track Club continues to support their young athletes in education with $3,750 in total donated to four female athletes as part of their annual scholarships awards, today.
“Firstly we would like to acknowledge our sponsors AIG and S...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022 | CATEGORY: Track & Field | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
Several schools are set to reopen their classrooms to pupils today, but most of the island’s middle schools and senior schools will stay shut.
The Department of Education said Victor Scott Preschool would resume classes today, which left St David’s P...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce is to present the lunch-and-learn webinar “Change — How to Turn Uncertainty into Opportunity” in partnership with FranklinCovey Bermuda.
The webinar will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, January 26, from noon until 1pm.
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DATE: Jan 07, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
