1188 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Politics"
Government unveiled a $144,000 new employment initiative for 18 men to gain certification through a Drywall Programme specially designed for Bermuda at a cost of $8,000 per student.
The Construction Education Foundation of Georgia was selected “to de...
DATE: Aug 18, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
Leasing White’s Island without a tender process is the very definition of corruption, according to One Bermuda Alliance MP Trevor Moniz.
But Premier Paula Cox has already moved on ensuring all leases are subject to Cabinet scrutiny and review by the ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
The Progressive Labour Party has done little to address the issue of racial inequality, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
However a PLP spokesman said the Island has become fairer with more opportunities for all Bermudians since the party took p...
DATE: Jul 21, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Terry Hodgson has been announced as the latest One Bermuda Alliance election candidate, to challenge the Progressive Labour Party’s Michael Weeks for Pembroke East Central.
Mr Hodgson cited crime, education and the economy as the top concerns on the ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Backbencher Terry Lister warned Bermuda’s children could be “cut off at the knees” as MPs passed amendments relaxing the 60-40 rule on foreign ownership.
The former Cabinet Minister said the law change — designed to help local companies attract forei...
DATE: Jul 16, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Members of the House of Assembly took on the issue of racism and the vestiges of institutionalised racism late Friday night. The take note motion submitted by Kim Swan, who was elected under the United Bermuda Party back in December last year and rei...
DATE: Jul 16, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Homosexuals deserve protection against discrimination but Government has no intention of allowing same sex marriage, Families Minister Glenn Blakeney said yesterday.
The Minister stressed discrimination based on sexual orientation must be outlawed in...
DATE: Jul 14, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
MPs gave their views on the future of Bermuda’s tourism industry during a wide-ranging debate on the new National Tourism Plan in the House of Assembly on Friday.
Kim Swan, who was elected as a United Bermuda Party MP, said that entrepreneurs decades...
DATE: Jul 02, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Independence supporter Walton Brown believes the UK aims to step up its power over Overseas Territories through its newly released White Paper.
But Governor George Fergusson argues the Foreign Office document merely underlines the UK’s renewed commit...
DATE: Jun 29, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Hard on the heels of the brazen barber shop murder on Saturday, Senators delved into the realms of organised crime through gang violence yesterday after 18 adjournments.
Members of the Upper House debated the Report of the Parliamentary Joint Select...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
