Many people despair about Bermuda's youth, given reports of poor education, rising violence, gangs and the like.
But the reality is that many of Bermuda's young people do remarkably well. It is often the five to ten percent who make their peers look ...
International business leader David Ezekiel yesterday repeated his strong concerns at the payroll tax increases which got the backing of MPs on Monday night.
"We believe that these additional expenses are not good for Bermuda business, and therefore ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Today
Overeaters Anonymous weekly meeting. Every Wednesday lunchtime 1 to 2 p.m. Stevenson Room, Wesley Methodist Church, 41 Church Street, Hamilton AND Saturday 9.30-10.30 a.m. Red Cross Building 9 Berry Hill Road (training room 2). All welcome — ov...
NEW YORK (AP) - The much-anticipated iPad tablet computer from Apple Inc. will start hitting US store shelves on April 3, slightly later than originally planned.
When Apple unveiled the touch-screen device Jan. 27, the company said the first iPads wo...
Road to a cliff
February 26, 2010
Dear Sir,
Please allow me a few lines to announce my sheer disgust with this year's Budget, which is nothing but a knee-jerk reaction to the Government's years of squandering, overspending and mismanagement. There is...
Fiscal controls over large projects are being stepped up following "recently highlighted deficiencies", according to Finance Minister Paula Cox.
Ms Cox told the House of Assembly she was also working more closely with the Internal Audit Department to...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Graduates will be able to apply for the latest round of Government's JumpStart intern programme next month.
Premier Ewart Brown told the House of Assembly that the Cabinet Office would advertise the third year of the scheme in April.
Seven interns ar...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Future looks grim
February 26, 2010
Dear Sir,
Much of what we read in the Budget Speech this morning was like watching reruns of old movies. But then it is too early to be over critical to ask when we should expect a balanced budget, as we assume thi...
Controversial payroll tax increases were passed by the House of Assembly last night, with the United Bermuda Party warning they could trigger the departure of international business.
MPs voted in favour of a payroll tax rise from 14 percent to 16 per...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
I am interested in many things. I like to take pictures, so I bought a digital, single-lens reflex camera because I wanted to also be able to "tweak" my pictures in Photoshop.
That ties into another interest; I like computer graphics and I used to en...
