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The National Training Board has reviewed its student funding policies after sponsoring a group of Bermudians who suffered disciplinary and academic problems at a college in Barbados. Four students were brought back to the Island by Government after a...

Families campaigner Martha Dismont called on Government to empower the community after seeing many charities miss out on Budget funding. Sandys 360 was awarded $2 million in last Friday’s Budget to help pay for refurbishments, after Premier and Finan...

More than $55,000 in financial awards and scholarships was given out to Bermuda College students. The funds were contributed by 26 sponsors drawn from across the community. Thursday’s ceremony at the college saw 36 students awarded funds to begin or ...

The Ministry of Youth, Families and Sports walked away the biggest winner from the 2012/13 Budget, up more than 20 percent. From last year's $62 million, expenditure for this Ministry is estimated at $75.3 million for the coming fiscal year driven la...

Financial Assistance was given a boost in yesterday’s Budget, but the Mirrors programme suffered another heavy cut. And the Sandys 360 programme received a $2 million grant to offset its construction costs. According to the 2012/13 Budget, funding ...

Job creation and training are key priorities as Government bids to revitalise the economy, Premier Paula Cox said yesterday. The Premier and Economy Minister Patrice Minors both gave updates on a number of job-creating programmes and hinted at more t...

Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith hinted more preschools could switch locations as she aims to save cash without shedding jobs. The Education Ministry received a budget of $134 million for 2012/13, up by five percent on the $128 million it was i...

Government plans to raise the debt ceiling by $200 million to accommodate its soaring borrowing requirements, after revenue fell short of projections while expenditure was higher than planned. The legal limit on what Government can borrow will rise t...

Sandys 360 received a –$2 million boost in the 2012/13 Budget. The announcement that the charity would receive the capital grant was made in the House of Assembly by Premier Paula Cox. Sandys 360 reflects important community values and the grant woul...

Management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things. Peter Drucker Mr. Speaker National budgets are more about people and their communities than the numbers that detail the revenue, expenditure and borrowing requirements. While the...