Dear Sir,
In the run-up to Christmas and the year’s end, I sincerely hope that we have no further additions to the road fatality statistics.
While there are many factors in road deaths, one area that requires particular attention and education is th...
DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
The Bermuda Union of Teachers today welcomed the appointment of Kalmar Richards as the new acting Commissioner of Education.
Union leaders said it was vital that there was some stability within the Education Department, which has seen a succession of...
The legal dispute over the sacking of education commissioner Freddie Evans is to go before the courts early next year.
Dr Evans is seeking a judicial review of the decision to fire him from that post in October.
The parties were told at a hearing yes...
DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Transport minister Walter Roban’s trip to Washington for a series of education meetings cost about $3,100, according to the Government’s travel expenses website.
Mr Roban was in the United States between November 29 and December 6 with Permanent Secr...
The chairman of the board at CedarBridge Academy has been asked to step down, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Leonard Santucci confirmed last night that Diallo Rabain, Minister of Education, had told him he wanted to replace him with a chairman of his ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
With Christmas around the corner, Patience Lowe has just one wish — and that is to become a qualified physiotherapist.
Her journey has been inspired by her older sister, Daniella-Jade, who suffers from spinal condition spina bifida, and has required ...
PwC Bermuda has donated 120 computer monitors to be used by students at the island’s public schools.
The donation, made to the Department of Education this week, is intended to help Government improve Bermudian student’s access to the latest technolo...
DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s inflation rate crept down to 1.5 per cent in September, the lowest rate recorded in more than a year and down 0.8 percentage points from August.
The main driver of cost-of-living increases over the past year was the transport and foreign tr...
Daniel Phillips recently competed in two junior tennis tournaments in Florida, losing in the second round of the Little Mo Internationals in Palm Beach and then reaching the round of 32 in the 56th Junior Orange Bowl International which finished yest...
DATE: Dec 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Tennis-Squash | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley is to step down next year after more than five years as the island’s top Supreme Court judge.
Mr Justice Kawaley replaced Sir Richard Ground in April 2012 after a distinguished career in the commercial courts.
His time as Ch...
DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell