When Cha’von Clarke-Joell moved to England she thought her Bermuda passport qualified her for employment. It should have, but a government official at the nearest Jobcentre office saw things differently.
After a year struggling to get the national i...
DATE: Aug 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, has hinted that Gilbert Institute would be spared closure as his ministry invests in a new playground at the school.
Gilbert, the island’s only primary level school for the deaf and hard of hearing, was one of ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Almost 100 students met with minister of home affairs Patricia Gordon-Pamplin this week at a special luncheon which concluded government’s Summer Internship Programme.
The programme, which started in May, was designed to help young people develop t...
A 2012 CedarBridge graduate has been awarded the KPMG Scholarship which is worth $20,000 per year for three years.
Jahlae Outerbridge, who is pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting at Georgia State University in the USA, is hoping to obtain her C...
Work on the island’s first crematorium in St David’s has got under way with developers hoping the facility will be open in five months.
Heavy machinery descended on the vacant land on Wallers Point Road, near the TCD centre, yesterday to begin landsc...
One of the key arguments often given for why it is important to increase the diversity of America’s teaching force is that students of colour do better academically when they have teachers of colour.
A 2010 study titled Diversifying the Teaching For...
Children and teenagers in the world’s developed countries have a more than 50 per cent chance of living past 100. By the early 2100s, in other words, “being a centenarian will no longer be a rarity. In fact, it will be the norm”.
That from Lynda Grat...
DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Justin Fox
Three students have received a share of a $10,000 education award from Stevedoring Services.
Through the Stevedoring Services Limited Education Awards programme an annual $10,000 education award was created to assist student-dependents of Stevedoring...
On August 13, 1996, Leonard Frederick Wade, the leader of the Progressive Labour Party suddenly passed away while he prepared to travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the 42nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference.
His passing saddened an...
DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Walter Roban
The Ministry of Education has awarded Bermuda Government Scholarships (BGS) to four students who will be begin their studies overseas in September.
Each student received funding towards their cost of tuition and accommodation up to an annual maximum...
