26 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Lifestyle" author Patrick Burgess
Concern about the amount of noxious fumes coming from motor vehicles has prompted Government to launch a monitoring programme at the Transport Control Department.
The voluntary programme will run for the next three months at TCD operated by trained t...
DATE: Jan 20, 2001
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The Reading Clinic has announced the retirement of founder and President Elizabeth Kitson after more than 30 years of helping people with learning disabilities.
Mrs. Kitson will remain a trustee of the organisation she founded in 1968 and operated ou...
DATE: Nov 27, 2000
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Transport Minister Ewart Brown has promised the Island will have a seat belt law by next summer in his effort to make roads safer.
Dr. Brown explained last night that he intends to place a bill before Parliament in the spring session beginning in Feb...
DATE: Nov 24, 2000
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Government plans to build a purpose-built juvenile home next year as part of plans to modernise how it handles problem children.
The Health Ministry hopes to build a 32,000 square foot home at the site of two current facilities, which it will replace...
DATE: Nov 15, 2000
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charities market is in the works, Rotarians heard yesterday.
And while the fund may take years to become viable, it is part of a Strategic Plan to better protect Bermuda's natural, architectural and craft heritage, Trust Director Amanda Outerbridge t...
DATE: Oct 11, 2000
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scholarships and teacher training awards to 15 young Bermudians.
Mr. Scott gave an impromptu speech to the students and their families in a ceremony held at CedarBridge Academy, praising them and encouraging them to assist other young people now in t...
DATE: Aug 15, 2000
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Bermuda must take stronger measures to protect not just old houses but archaeological sites -- or it will lose all traces of its past.
For often the only way to learn what it was like to be a slave in Bermuda and document what they contributed to our...
DATE: Aug 07, 2000
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Dellwood Primary School's science teacher has won the second teacher of the year award granted by two sister organisations concerned with learning disabilities.
Emma Saunders was praised for her "tireless efforts'' and "keen interest'' in encouraging...
DATE: Jun 23, 2000
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*** Every country worth its salt has a national narrative. Something to which it looks for who its people are and how it has been built.
If its people are not on the same page there is discord and mis-communication about the basics of history.
A goo...
DATE: Dec 20, 1999
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academic performance in overseas examinations.
Saltus offers Advanced Placement examinations for students in the Saltus Graduate Year, which if a grade of 3 or more is attained, credit or advance placement is granted by most North American colleges a...
DATE: Nov 26, 1999
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