Former Premier Dr Ewart Brown pinpointed one of the most vexing problems for politicians when he said that people often say they want change, but rarely want to be the change.
Dr Brown was referring to education, where despite a broad consensus in fa...
Bermudian parents see English boarding schools as a means to broaden their childrens’ horizons and introduce them to the outside world.
This is the appraisal of two visiting headmasters who teamed up this week to scout for students on the Island.
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DATE: Feb 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
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Author’s note: This four part-series on relationships and managing money was originally written for The Royal Gazette in Summer of 2003. The content has been updated to reflect our current recessionary environment. This is a composite case cou...
Charities, including children’s foster home Sunshine League, are projected to lose more than $400,000 in grants as Government slashed its spending in yesterday’s Budget.
The Sunshine League, which has provided displaced children between the ages of ...
Andy Warhol once said in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes.
Annie Young certainly had her moment in the spotlight yesterday arguably for all the wrong reasons.
Ms Young is the owner of True Reflections, a Hamilton store selling every...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The cost of interest alone on Bermuda’s spiralling public debt equates to $191,780 per day.
That is according to the Budget statement released by Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox yesterday, which shows that Government borrowing has surged past ...
The Island's two senior schools have seen their budgets cut by more than 20 percent while learning support, counselling and summer school programmes have been cut by more than 30 percent.
Yesterday Minister of Education Dame Jennifer Smith announced ...
Programmes to help at-risk young people and small businesses were two victims of Premier Paula Cox’s cost-cutting Budget yesterday.
The Mirrors programme repeatedly heralded for turning around the lives of young men and women since its launch four ye...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox yesterday cut payroll tax, hoping to stimulate the economy and lead Bermuda into recovery from recession.
Reversing the unpopular two percentage point rise she imposed last year so payroll tax returns to 14 percent Ms Cox says she’s...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
The Ministry of Education is refusing to say whether it has appointed a principal for Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy more than three years after the last one left.
Dr Dena Lister is listed on the Ministry’s website as principal but there has never b...
DATE: Feb 18, 2011 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
