Jackson Spurling still remembers his first violin recital. He was 5, and so small he plucked the instrument with his fingers. “I never used a bow,” he said. “And I was so nervous.”
Now he is 17, but he still gets a little anxious despite having perfo...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Pupils from a public school and a private one joined forces yesterday to add some festive cheer to Hamilton.
Twenty children from Mount Saint Agnes Academy and Dellwood Middle School, took part in the second annual Dr EF Gordon Square tree decorating...
A church service today celebrated the life of Terrence “Ted” Richards, who has died aged 59.
Mr Richards, the husband of education commissioner Kalmar Richards, was mourned in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Scott Simmons, a Progressive Labour Party...
DATE: Dec 08, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A former acting education commissioner has returned to the post for a one-month stint.
Llewellyn Simmons, director of academics at the Department of Education, took over at the start of this month because Kalmar Richards is on compassionate leave.
T...
Almost 100 staff at Deloitte Bermuda spent a working day away from the office helping projects in the community.
They did so as part of Impact Day, the company’s annual celebration of its commitment to community involvement on the island.
This was th...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Business Staff
A “matchmaking” service for jobseekers will lead to a higher standard of training and better employees, the Government said yesterday.
The scheme will mean company executives are provided with details of individuals suitable for career advancement op...
A sickout staged by teaching assistants across the island yesterday was “completely unacceptable”, said the Minister of Education.
But the head of the teachers’ union laid the blame for the job action at the minister’s door.
The teaching assistants...
Teachers have refused to enter pupils’ grades into an all-schools computer network, the education minister admitted yesterday.
But the head of the teachers’ union called the minister’s comments “very misleading”.
Diallo Rabain said teachers had been...
Teachers will be provided with instruction next month on a new pupil grading system, the Minister of Education announced today.
Diallo Rabian said that a “full day of professional development” would be held in January to provide teachers and adminis...
The Royal Bermuda Regiment plans to offer learning credits for soldiers to enhance their training.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, announced the move as he updated the House of Assembly on the Regiment’s activities.
He said the credi...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
