A budget is a curious thing, nowhere near as simple as it looks. It is not realised monies — as in cash received in hand, cash spent out — gone! A budget places its emphasis on what we think we will see financially going forward. A budget can be (and...
Reverend Vernon Lowe stepped down from the pulpit ten years ago.
Tomorrow morning, the 88-year-old is returning to his much-beloved post.
Rev Dr Lowe will be the special guest preacher at Vernon Temple AME’s service. He’s hoping his message will in...
Finance Minister Bob Richards spent almost two hours presenting the 2015-16 Budget yesterday. His Budget increased Government revenues derived from taxes ($55.4 million, or 6.3 per cent compared with the revised estimate for 2014-15) and reduced spen...
DATE: Feb 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Howes
Taxes are to go up and spending is to be cut by $33.1 million — and Finance Minister Bob Richards warned that public sector layoffs could come this year.
The grim news came in the annual Budget statement, which imposed 3.5 per cent cuts across the bo...
DATE: Feb 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Two professional jazz musicians will tomorrow be performing alongside local artists and students at Warwick Academy’s annual Jazz Gala Evening.
Jazz trumpeter Derrick Gardener and saxophonist Albert Rivera will be performing with the Warwick Academ...
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 ...
