Laura Neuman has travelled the world and seen a lot of transparency laws as part of her job as access to information project manager for the Carter Center in the States.
But she has never known a country respond in the way Bermuda did when asked to c...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010 | CATEGORY: Campaigns | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Laura Neuman has travelled the world and seen a lot of transparency laws as part of her job as access to information project manager for the Carter Center in the States.
But she has never known a country respond in the way Bermuda did when asked to c...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
UK schools go to the birds for wildlife survey
LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters Life!) - A British charity launched its biggest survey of the wildlife in school yards on Monday, aiming to get thousands of children watching excitedly to find out which creature...
Government should encourage companies to take on out-of-work young men — and help fund their wages and development, according to Hamilton West MP Wayne Furbert.
Mr. Furbert says much of the gang trouble plaguing the Island in recent months is due to ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Resentment is rapidly growing over a proposal to close five primary schools as a cost saving measure for Government.
It is not easy to fathom how such an ambitious scheme that would impact so many parents and teachers could be floated out there witho...
Better means of spending
January 14, 2010
Dear Sir,
I read today the article regarding cutbacks for the Civil Service. It is all well and good that civil servants are being asked to curtail spending, but there are some things that bother me:
¦ Some d...
Fear of crime in Bermuda is now so high all other social issues pale into insignificance, according to a new poll.
Sixty-nine percent of people named crime as their number one concern in a Research.bm survey carried out a few days after Perry Puckeri...
DATE: Jan 19, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
The Ministry of Education has been on the back foot over possible school closures since the news leaked out last week, and this has resulted in some mixed messages going out to the public.
Still, the reality is that the public school system has seen ...
It's the teaching, stupid
January 14, 2010
Dear Sir,
I am stunned, again, by the recent announcement of the "proposal" to restructure the public education system.
What causes me great anxiety is the fact that, once again, the powers that be at the Mi...
In stature, the Rev. Musawenkosi Nyanawesizwe Daba is built like a prize fighter.
And as Associate Priest-in-Charge of the Parish of Pembroke with his headquarters at St. Monica's Church, Musa Daba, is very much a part of the neighbourhood's fight fo...
