712 results returned for search: "education AND " author Sam Strangeways
The unemployed are to be given jobs cleaning up the Railway Trail in the hope that it will encourage more Bermudians to consider future careers in landscaping.
The Department of Parks is to provide out-of-work men and women with the horticultural sk...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Premier Ewart Brown will not be using his new healthcare company to import drugs to Bermuda from previously restricted countries, according to Cabinet Minister Zane DeSilva.
Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly there was no connection between...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ex-Opposition Leader Kim Swan yesterday urged Government to “take ownership” for the state of the economy, in a speech which earned him loud support from former party colleagues.
Mr Swan claimed the Progressive Labour Party failed to heed warnings ab...
DATE: Jul 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An anti-racism group wants to see better statistics collected and reported in Bermuda to help tackle the Island’s ills.
Lynne Winfield, president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB), says current, concrete information on poverty, crime, ed...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition MPs urged Government to rethink a $250 charge for every yacht passenger or crew member who wants to stay in Bermuda longer than three weeks.
Yachts can now dock here for up to three months as opposed to just 21 days but must pay the fee fo...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Health Minister Zane DeSilva last night apologised for using the “insensitive and incorrect” term “jewing down” in the House of Assembly.
The Progressive Labour Party MP uttered the phrase during a parliamentary debate on Friday but withdrew it minut...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Deputy Speaker Randy Horton has pledged to report back to MPs on the findings of the parliamentary committee on crime before the House of Assembly adjourns for the summer.
He told the House on Friday there had been “some disquiet” about when the joi...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A charity director claims the Island’s potential pensions crisis could be eased at almost no cost simply by adding a word to the Human Rights Act.
James McCulloch, treasurer of Age Concern, says it is “high time” discrimination on the grounds of age ...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A former CedarBridge Academy teacher suing the Ministry of Education and the school’s board of governors over her mould-related ill health has lost part of her case.
Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley struck out a claim by Wendy Robinson that the Ministry fail...
DATE: Apr 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition politician John Barritt is calling for backbench MPs to play a “much more meaningful and important role” and possibly get a pay rise for doing so.
The Shadow Public Administration Reform Minister claims backbenchers such as him, who earn $...
DATE: Apr 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
