Government got slammed last week for underestimating by $10 million the amount of money that would be required for financial assistance in the current financial year.
Estimating claims in a weakening economy is always going to be difficult. But the ...
Author Rosheena Beek has launched a book of poetry, ‘I Find it So Hard’.
Premier Paula Cox and Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith attended the launch.
The self-published book was printed by Island Press. It is a collection of pieces inspired by M...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Independent Senator Walwyn Hughes questioned whether Government would be able to meet its promised 15 percent spending cuts as Senators debated the Budget.
“In 2009-2010 the supplementary estimates to the Budget were $83 million,” he said. “In 2010-...
She’s earned college credits at Harvard, is proficient in Italian, plays guitar and has shadowed surgeons at King Edward (VII) Memorial Hospital all before she’s old enough to vote.
Mariangela Bucci, 17, was named Outstanding Teen of 2011 by Teen Se...
Bermuda College will offer an Associate Degree in Criminology course during the next academic year.
The Dean of Arts, Necheeka Trott, said the college decided to offer the degree in light of Bermuda’s increasing number of gun and violent crimes.
The...
Government will “have a rethink on some aspects” of the Tucker’s Point SDO and are willing to find a “third way that could better represent a win-win position”.
Premier Paula Cox last night said Government had considered comments made by Independen...
The Menuhin Foundation celebrated its 35th anniversary in Bermuda this weekend with two sold-out events.
A gala dinner on Friday night honoured two of the foundation's stalwarts.
John Campbell and Kate Stubbs were named trustees emeritus the highest ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Arts & Entertainment |
Derek Broadley has thrown his support behind Devarr Boyles to become the next Bermuda Football Association (BFA) technical director.
Broadley left the Island on Thursday after completing his contract as technical director and believes Boyles, the cur...
Two just-released surveys find that a record number of workers have lost faith in their ability to afford retirement.
The 2011 Retirement Confidence Survey conducted by the non-partisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), the American Savings...
Premier Paula Cox admitted yesterday it was “an embarrassment” that the Department of Financial Assistance spent almost $10 million more than its $25 million budget for this fiscal year.
The Finance Minister was responding to harsh criticism in the H...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
