Dozens of high school pupils will get cash for college under a new grants scheme, the Minister of Education said.
Diallo Rabain estimated that “a maximum of 60 students” from Bermuda’s public secondary schools would qualify for the College Promise p...
The abolition of controversial middle schools is still a distant target, the education minister admitted this week.
Diallo Rabain said that “much research is still to be done”.
But Cole Simons, the shadow education minister, claimed Mr Rabain had b...
Bermuda High School came out top in the National Debate Tournament at the weekend.
Both the senior school and middle school finals resulted in an all-BHS line-up competing for the honours in “very close” debates.
But Gladstone Thompson, president of ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is a small place, and I think that we all have cabin fever. But if one is discouraged from speaking freely because of how small the population is, and how we all know one another, can one still argue that we have free speech?
It is difficult ...
Edwin Smith, Deputy Chair of the Bermuda Arts Council, today led participants through the second instalment of The Bermuda National Gallery’s Art & Value of Your Stories program.
Drawing a parallel between historical paintings of Bermuda and people’s...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Press Release
The island’s defence force is to launch a fresh drive for new soldiers for the second of its new-style Recruit Camps.
Volunteers for Recruit Camp Alpha, the first of two next year, have until the end of January next year to sign up for training, whic...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: News Staff
Speed cameras could be introduced before the next Throne Speech, the Minister of National Security has signalled.
Wayne Caines said there could be an announcement in April’s Budget on improvements to the existing CCTV network to allow them to clock s...
Charities have called for more attention to women’s problems and streamlined services to help struggling families in the wake of Government’s Throne Speech.
Leaders of the Women’s Resource Centre and housing organisation Habitat for Humanity of Bermu...
Care Learning Centre, the alternative school for senior school and young adult students, is holding its 18th annual tag day this Thursday.
The Thanksgiving fundraiser will support the school’s scholarship fund.
The theme for the day will be “thank yo...
DATE: Nov 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The first Throne Speech of this Progressive Labour Party government, which was delivered in September 2017, made many promises and, while many items have been addressed, much remains to be done in spite of one minister at the time, who was fired or r...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Michael Dunkley