Business leaders could be used to boost the ailing schools system, the Shadow education minister has said.
Cole Simons said that a proposed independent education authority could benefit from the insights of the private sector, backed by education off...
Vivian Yearwood loves her work as an information technology manager, but sometimes it can get stressful.
If the system is not down, someone has forgotten a password, or cannot log in.
“IT is not a job you leave at 5pm,” Ms Yearwood said.
Five years ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
The new Minister of Finance is to outline refinancing part of the Government’s $2.42 billion debt in the House of Assembly today.
Curtis Dickinson is said to have secured a deal at a favourable rate of interest as one of his first acts as minister.
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DATE: Nov 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Stand out, work hard and be compassionate was the advice of guest speaker Sean Tucker to pupils at the Berkeley Institute’s prize-giving ceremony yesterday.
Mr Tucker, who recently inherited the nickname “the Voice of Summer” after the death of long...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Education minister Diallo Rabain delivered an update on the Government grant awarded to Bermuda College to offer financial support to students at the House of Assembly today.
To read Mr Rabain’s statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Medi...
A 15-year-old schoolgirl has organised a youth conference to tackle controversial subjects with respect for different views.
Katherine Tobin, a pupil at Somersfield Academy in Devonshire, said the conference would discuss topics such as race, gender ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Recent studies reveal that sales of e-books are falling while sales of paper books are growing — and the shift is being driven by younger people.
The digital revolution in the field of publishing which many anticipated never occurred and printed book...
The Premier told a town hall-style meeting that proposed tax changes were designed to benefit the least well-off in Bermuda.
He said: “The report on the tax commission has been submitted and I think the most important basis of that is that those pers...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Teachers at West Pembroke Primary School have launched a work-to-rule, it was revealed yesterday.
The staff at the school said they were forced to take action because of staff shortages, poor teacher training and low-quality technology.
The Parent Te...
A group of M3 students including myself returned recently from an exciting week of sailing and seamanship on the sloop Spirit of Bermuda. There were 15 of us in total.
We were divided into three “watches” or groups.
The watches were mizzen watch, for...
