“Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.”
- William E Simon (former secretary of Treasury in the US)
A country...
Learning about creatures and places familiar to them is proving to be an engaging way for schoolchildren to discover more about their environment and how they can help to look after it.
From the protection of the endangered cahow seabirds to the wond...
DATE: Dec 13, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
In France the saying ‘je ne sais quoi’ is used to describe someone with a certain distinctive or alluring quality about them.
This phrase could easily be applied to the Island’s French Consul Riquette Bonne-Smith.
The mother-of-two has represented ...
A drop in public school enrolment figures is not surprising to the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance. But 2010 student enrolment figures released by the Statistics department in the Census Report appear to be at odds with the Ministry of Education’s ow...
Kyla Sinclair, President, and Leanne Moniz, Vice President, are two Student Council leaders who are interested in bettering the lives of students at Mount Saint Agnes. Both students strive to have an impact on the world around them, by setting an exa...
Partisan politics aside, former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain did something no spouse should ever do.
No, I’m not talking about the alleged 13-year extramarital affair with Ginger White. Cain has denied her claim.
But we do know that...
Tax news specific to Bermudian residents with United States passports, i.e. dual citizens of the US/other countries and US citizens living abroad, who for various reasons such as ignorance of US tax law, or misunderstanding of their personal tax situ...
More than 300 people have applied to “reinvent themselves” as waiters and servers in a Government and industry course.
The project, a joint partnership between Government, Bermuda Hotel Association and the Chamber of Commerce’s restaurant division, a...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
A scheme to train Bermudians for work in the hospitality sector has received 300 applicants, MPs were told this morning.
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Patrice Minors made a statement in the House of Assembly updating the MPs on the progres...
An initiative harnessing sports, art and leadership skills for middle school boys hopes to turn around a community in which young men feel under threat.
Asked how many of them knew someone in a gang, most in the gathering of 45 Sandys Secondary Middl...
DATE: Dec 09, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
