An update on the National Tourism Plan led to a war of words in the Upper House this week.
The clash followed an industry update by Junior Tourism Minister Vince Ingham based on statistics from a recent report.
According to that report, the Island sh...
Public school students will enjoy a four-day weekend next week, but their teachers will be taking part in professional development exercises.
A Ministry of Education spokeswoman said yesterday that public schools will not have class next Friday, sayi...
DATE: May 19, 2012 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday called on Government to pour resources into creating more private sector jobs to halt the decline in Bermuda’s economy.
Mr Richards expressed alarm that the number of people working for Government had su...
DATE: May 19, 2012 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Union of Teachers general secretary Mike Charles believes the money Government will spend on a multi-million lease agreement with Pembroke Hamilton Club (PHC) could be better spent.
He spoke out as Government yesterday confirmed it had signed...
DATE: May 19, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
For 18-year-old piano prodigy John Seymour, the path to fulfilling his musical dreams hasn’t come easy.
“I have ambitions to do very great things in music,” he told The Royal Gazette.
However, he admitted: “I’ve had educational struggles. Other than ...
DATE: May 19, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
CedarBridge Academy graduate Kyjuan Brown has been announced as the chairman of the recently formed CBA Alumni Association.
Dr Brown, a medical doctor, will lead celebrations of the school’s 15th anniversary over the next year.
An alumni homecoming b...
Dame Jennifer Smith believes Government are winning the fight against the economic crisis that has triggered high levels of unemployment on the Island.
Running for re-election in Constituency 1, the former premier said she thought Bermuda was ‘making...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons has demanded that Government give a “full explanation” for a multi-million dollar lease agreement it signed with Pembroke Hamilton Club.
Government agreed to lease a revamped PHC sports complex for more than $1...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
So I jetted away to attend a graduation last weekend. Congrats to our l’il cousin who got herself a degree and is now on her way to a happy life. We have to encourage our young people to get degrees. I’ve often said that a college education, whilst n...
A desperate student who dreams of becoming a surgeon has issued a public plea for help to pay her tuition fees.
Annefa Burke, who grew up in Bermuda and has a Permanent Residency Certificate, faces being kicked off her university course in England.
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