Literacy should be a priority for spending in education in today’s Budget, according to the Bermuda Education Network.
Executive director Becky Ausenda claims that nearly all the education experts within the network, including education officers, pri...
DATE: Feb 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Union leaders have said that while they understand that government spending will need to be cut in the Budget, they hope it will be balanced with ideas to increase revenue.
Bermuda Public Services Union president Jason Hayward said that he is not com...
DATE: Feb 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
An austere 2015-16 Budget, heavy on savings measures, can be expected this morning from Finance Minister Bob Richards.
Mr Richards told The Royal Gazette that his Budget speech would include material from the Spending and Government Savings (SAGE) Co...
DATE: Feb 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Chun Jie (Chinese New Year)
(Pronounced Chwun Jee)
Chinese New Year celebrates the beginning of the Chinese calendar and the beginning of spring. The calendar is based on the moon cycle. The celebrations start with the new moon on the first day of th...
The Berkeley Institute will be hosting a dance production called #theTour. Young Observer got up close and personal with some of the dancers to learn more about the upcoming concert. Nikia Manders, dance teacher and instructional leader told us that ...
Training initiatives and capital projects in the Budget statement would be welcome news for the building industry, according to Construction Association of Bermuda president Charles Dunstan.
Mr Dunstan said he hoped to see Government continue to enco...
DATE: Feb 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Saltus Grammar School production this year is Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Our Country’s Good by renowned London-based playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker has played throughout the UK over the last few years, and just last year at ...
Bermudian culinary student Shayne Trott will travel to New York City for a one-week externship in two of internationally acclaimed chef Marcus Samuelsson’s restaurants.
The externship, made possible by the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, will take plac...
A schoolboy who came to the aid of a friend as he suffered an asthma attack has been congratulated by Premier Michael Dunkley.
Donovan Dyer-Trott and his family together with the friend he helped, Kyah Trott, and his family were invited to the Cabin...