Government has drastically reduced the amount of road resurfacing it aims to do each year, according to Opposition MP Grant Gibbons.
He raised concerns in the House of Assembly after Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess said the highways section of ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Student transfer requests within the public school system will come under more scrutiny, Education Minster Jennifer Smith announced today.
Dame Jennifer said the new policy was aimed at ensuring the interests of a child came first, not to add red tap...
RenaissanceRe chief executive officer Neill Currie has been named Industry Leader of the Year by the Bermuda Insurance Institute (BII).
Former American International Group legal counsel Michael Murphy was given the Lifetime Achievement Award, while G...
Demolition of the old hospital building began this week as the construction of a new hospital building continues.
The Bermuda Hospital Board said the demolition of the building, which is more than 90-years-old, will be conducted slowly in order to mi...
DATE: Mar 11, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian mother living in the United States is seeking justice for her autistic son, who she claims was abused by a teacher.
Ashlie O’Connor (nee DeSouza) is hoping a teacher who held her four-year-old son Adam upside down will be fired.
Yesterda...
The chairmen of the Board of Education and their Ministers have not always seen eye to eye in recent years, so it was good to see current chairman Darren Johnston backing Minister Dame Jennifer Smith this week.
As Bermuda tries to improve public educ...
News that an anti-gang initiative is to be piloted in Bermuda’s prisons has been welcomed by the Prison Officers Association.
Chairman of the association, Craig Clarke, says members of every gang on the Island live alongside each other in Westgate, a...
Dame Jennifer Smith has the political will to reform the public schools, according to the Board of Education chairman.
Darren Johnston had previously stepped down as chairman when former Minister El James announced possible school closures through th...
The youngest Certified Master Chef in the US is to take over the cooking reins at The Reefs, it was announced today.
Jason Koppinger has been appointed the Executive Chef and will oversee the resort’s three restaurants.
Chef Jason has appeared along ...
Staff at the Ministry of Education have been given clear directions on what is expected of them when it comes to spending the public purse, a senior civil servant said yesterday.
In the House of Assembly on Monday Minister of Education Dame Jennifer ...
