The rate of inflation hit 2.5 percent during the month of May, driven by the rising cost of health care and increases in the rental and food prices.
It was the second highest rate rise of the year on a par with March, up from 2.4 percent in April, bu...
Bermudians are more likely to point the finger at poverty-stricken families rather than work together to ease their suffering.
This is the view of Senator Kathy Michelmore who yesterday expressed her concerns about the lack of progress in tackling B...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
July 2, 2011
Dear Sir,
The PLP are quick adaptors when it comes to General Elections. They know they are going to be attacked on their financial mismanagement, education and crime, and justifiably so, so what have they done:
Borrowed more money to gi...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Same story, different day
July 3, 2011
Dear Sir,
I recently commented on the fact that there are clearly some Bermudians who want foreigner workers, despite the perception of Mr Gerald Simons. Among them who want them is apparently the Government. I...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
July 2, 2011
Dear Sir,
With the recent news of cutbacks on school staff, I wonder how many people in the Department of Education have been relieved of their duties!
I seem to remember back in the sixties, DJ Williams ran the Education Department with...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
While sponsors were hitting the green, the Elliot Primary PTA was collecting cash for two worthy causes at its first ever charity golf tournament.
The school’s PTA raised between $4,000 and $5,000 for the family of a car crash victim and the Kaleide...
The cost of healthcare was again the main contributor to inflation, statistics released this afternoon show.
According to the Consumer Price Index, the rate of inflation in May was 2.5 percent compared to 2.4 percent recorded in April.
The Health and...
July 5, 2011
Dear Sir,
I'm ashamed. You probably should be too. Two weeks ago, it was announced that teaching staff would be cut back in Bermuda public schools. It's a sensible response to an ongoing economic downturn. For the time being, fewer resou...
DATE: Jul 06, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
More than 100 Berkeley Students celebrated last week after they passed the Bermuda School Certificate Programme.
According to school principal Michelle Simmons, 122 of 131 S4 students, around 93 percent, graduated, while another 12 students who start...
Many young black men feel there’s no point enrolling at Bermuda College as it won’t give them the education they need to get good jobs, according to researchers from Columbia University.
Job opportunities are going begging because of the reluctance t...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
