505 results returned for search: "education AND " author Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday called on Government to pour resources into creating more private sector jobs to halt the decline in Bermuda’s economy.
Mr Richards expressed alarm that the number of people working for Government had su...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A debate on Bermuda’s drugs laws could take place soon as Government presses forward with plans to adjust punishments for certain substances, according to Attorney General Kim Wilson.
And Senator Wilson said she has directed cautioning guidelines be ...
DATE: May 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government is setting up a $500,000 retraining scholarship fund at Bermuda College to help people into jobs currently held by expatriates.
The initiative will target Bermudians struggling to find work despite their experience in accounting, informati...
DATE: May 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Deputy principals have been appointed at 25 public schools as part of the Education Ministry’s efforts to spread teaching skills across the Island.
The Department of Education selected the deputies, a departure from the past process in which principa...
DATE: May 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Mediators are already beginning talks with Bermuda’s gang leaders, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief told a press conference yesterday.
Mr Perinchief said the Street Safe initiative, aimed at ending gang warfare, has commenced in an ad hoc ...
DATE: May 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Four students have received grants to help them push for careers in the financial services industry, under a new scheme set up in memory of a popular casualty underwriter.
Three Berkeley Institute students and one from CedarBridge Academy will all re...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Members of Bermuda Educators’ Council resigned en-bloc amid claims of union and political interference, according to documents leaked to The Royal Gazette.
Minutes from a meeting of the group, which oversees the licensing of teachers, show members co...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Economy Minister Patrice Minors assured the House of Assembly she had “no intentions to make any changes to the existing policy” when it came to term limits.
The statement came as Ms Minors rebutted Opposition claims that the policy had driven busine...
DATE: Apr 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda needs a national plan to help increasing numbers of people below the poverty line, according to campaigner Sheelagh Cooper.
Four years ago, the Low Income Threshold for Bermuda Households in Need study found 11 percent of families fell below ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Warwick Academy is “desperately trying to keep our family together” after soaring numbers of parents lost their jobs and are struggling to pay fees.
The school is launching a campaign to inject cash into its Emergency Student Rescue Fund, amid fears ...
DATE: Apr 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
