Residents have given top marks to teachers who staged a mass sick-out.
Members of the public told The Royal Gazette the Bermuda Government should give teachers what they need to do their jobs, tackle long-running concerns about the state of the islan...
The Green family donated $18,000 worth of school supplies to public primary schools.
Each school across the island will receive $1,000 worth of supplies selected by P2 and P3 teachers.
The donation was made through community action project, Support P...
Sick-outs by school staff were a last resort to draw attention to the state of the education system, according to a teacher and a deputy principal, who spoke to The Royal Gazette yesterday on condition of anonymity.
The veteran teacher, said schools ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
From the moment that the Bermuda Union of Teachers suggested that the Premier get involved in the dispute that has thrown public education into crisis, you could take that in the least as a subliminal vote of no confidence in the Ministry of Educatio...
DATE: Dec 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
One could argue that a successful public education system is a moral duty of every government and that it is a human right for every young Bermudian to be provided with one. An unsuccessful public education system affects our whole society, regardles...
DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Cheryl Pooley
Bermuda’s public school system is past fixing, the president of a primary school parent-teacher association warned yesterday.
Danielle Riviere, the president of the West Pembroke Primary School Parent Teacher Association, said that it was time that ...
Dear Sir,
I write with fantastic disgust to have learnt minutes ago that the teachers at Gilbert Institute are planning to stage a wildcat industrial action this morning (Monday, December 10, 2018).
I am unsure if this is another “sick-out”, like dis...
DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Bermuda Chapter announces the Chamberlain Scholarship Award winner Ms. Katie Bennett, the Advancement Officer at the National Museum of Bermuda (NMB). This scholarship provides funding for Ms. Bennet...
DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Press Release
Today, the United Nation’s Human Rights Day, is special in that it marks the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.
That iconic document was finalised in 1948, a few years after the conclusion of the devastation of the Second World War....
From funeral homes to hospital beds, the island’s obesity crisis exacts a growing toll beyond the impact of chronic disease.
According to the Bermuda Hospitals Board, a fully equipped bariatric hospital room costs $35,000 more than a standard, with s...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
