HIV Awareness Month has been observed this month by the Ministry of Health, in conjunction with the charity Supportive Therapy for Aids persons and their Relatives.
The ministry stresses that knowing your HIV status and early diagnosis are important ...
Details of the Department of Education’s Steam Academy summer programme have been released.
The Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths Academy project, for P5 and senior school students, is a joint partnership with Great 4 Learning and Ah! ...
Jessica Lightbourne laughed when she was called “white honky” and “blacky” as a child; the bizarre words didn’t match her identity. Joanne Wohlmuth’s black parents were considered “odd” because they had three “white” children.
They shared their expe...
Eleven teachers have been congratulated by education minister Wayne Scott after completing the new teacher induction programme.
The two-year scheme is designed to assist new teachers as they meet the challenges of the contemporary classroom, accordin...
Donald Trump believes American Muslims are hiding something. “They know what’s going on. They know that [Omar Mateen] was bad,” he said after the Orlando massacre. “They have to co-operate with law enforcement and turn in the people who they know are...
Deryn Lavell has been appointed the new Head of School at Saltus Grammar School.
Ms Lavell, who will start in the summer of 2017 subject to immigration approval, has been the Head of The Bishop Strachan School, in Toronto, since 2009.
Her previous ro...
Sir John Swan may best be described as an idealist without illusions. He is a man whose boldly optimistic vision of what Bermuda has the potential to be has always been tempered by an intuitive understanding of life’s harder realities.
His ability t...
DATE: Jun 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
Most of us are not privy to detailed information regarding decisions by those in authority on a number of important issues, especially when it involves consideration for a Bermudian to fill the post of Commissioner of Education. Having had someone hi...
DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Al Seymour
Teachers union leader Mike Charles has condemned the Minister of Education’s “lame” plan to address serious failings in the public school system.
“Once again, we have a minister planning to have a plan,” said Mr Charles yesterday of Wayne Scott’s rev...
DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda School Sports Federation will honour 58 of the island’s top student-athletes tonight in the 31st annual Denton Hurdle Memorial Awards at Warwick Academy starting at 7pm.
The awards are held in memory of the late PE teacher and top rugby ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
