The Opposition is urging Government to speed up cannabis reform so that Bermudians convicted of possessing small amounts of the drug can finally avoid the “devastating consequences” of their habit.
And cannabis could be decriminalised later this summ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Education no longer has a dedicated permanent secretary in government following the departure last month of Warren Jones.
Civil servant Mr Jones stepped down from the post after three years to take up a job as a chief executive officer of Polaris Hol...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Students at the Island’s largest senior school are turning up for classes hungry — and a programme set up to provide them with food is under threat.
The Student Assistance Programme (SAP) was formed some years ago to meet the needs of CedarBridge Aca...
New copyright laws aimed at modernising Bermuda’s intellectual property regime will come into effect next week.
The regulations, which kick in on February 1, affect copyright in several key areas, including Customs, Education establishments, the righ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
National Security Minister Michael Dunkley today announced the relaunch of an anti-gang violence initiative to combat anti-social behaviour in Bermuda.
The Gang Resistance Education and Training initiative, or GREAT, is seen another tool in the fight...
Saltus student Eryn Beach has been tripping the light fantastic in dance productions across the Island since fully devoting herself to ‘the study of movement’ at the age of eleven. Now, at 17, she is preparing for her biggest challenge yet after bein...
Kyrah Scraders has become a role model for scores of young people across the island — and she hasn’t even graduated from high school yet.
The 16-year-old athlete aspires to one day represent the island in the Olympics, but for now the Dean’s List st...
New Year’s reckoning.
It is time for your annual financial review.
Yes, it is time-consuming. It may take you a day, a couple, a week, or a month to go through all your last year’s financial activities. Additionally, this is a good time, a traditiona...
January 16, 2014
Dear Sir,
After reading of the Minister’s interest in incentivising teachers pay, my biggest question is what do the teachers think?
Would incentives actually resolve the core difficulties facing teachers?
One of the biggest concer...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Tributes have poured in for a trade union stalwart who was at the forefront of the struggle for workers’ rights in Bermuda.
Hailed as a man who “feared nothing and fought for everything” and a disciplined stalwart, Robert Johnston, a former Bermuda I...
