Inflation rose slightly to 0.7 percent but was still at its second lowest level for the year during October 2009, according to the latest figures released by Government.
The Department of Statistics' Consumer Price Index revealed that the rate of inf...
Strong healthy bones are less likely to break and fracture than weak ones. As we age, our bones naturally weaken due to hormonal and chemical changes in the body that tend to make us deficient in the mineral calcium.
Calcium is essential to bone stre...
A Bermuda Under-19 select team finished undefeated in their first appearance at the Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Island team's appearance in the competition marked the first time an international side had competed...
DATE: Dec 15, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Stephen Wright
Seeking a way forward
December 7, 2009
Dear Sir,
It appears the Government has no idea on how to solve the increased crime, or how to show us a way forward through the recession.
DISILLUSIONED
Smith's
Looking for assistance
December 1, 2009
Dear Sir,...
A father-of-one caught smuggling almost $59,000 worth of cannabis into Bermuda was yesterday jailed for three years.
Tyshaon Palmer Rawlins, 24, was convicted by a unanimous jury of bringing eight slabs of the drug in on a JetBlue flight from New Yor...
DATE: Dec 15, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
HAVANA (AP) – The Rev. Jesse Jackson took him to church for the first time in 27 years. Home run legend Hank Aaron asked him for autographed baseballs. Literary great Gabriel Garcia Marquez gave him a copy of 'Dracula' that kept him up all night read...
The cost of living in rent-controlled properties is rising faster than for homes on the free market, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards told MPs on Friday.
He said Department of Statistics figures showed that over the past five years there had been...
Government has dropped the ball on apprenticeship schemes for young Bermudians, Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons told the House of Assembly on Friday.
He said it was shocking that out of 22 occupational advisory committees set up to ensure tra...
DATE: Dec 14, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Some might say his task to overhaul the failing public school system is close to impossible.
But for new Board of Education chairman Darren Johnston, it's something that needs to be done to make a better Bermuda.
A passion for education and a desire ...
Politicians last night called for harsher penalties for criminals following the recent surge in gun violence in the community.
Progressive Labour Party backbencher Wayne Perinchief told the House of Assembly that Government should consider reinstitut...
