I followed a live blog on USA Today during the presentation by Apple's CEO Steve Jobs, who unveiled the latest iPhone at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco earlier this week. The basic specs for the iPhone 4 is it is avai...
Bermuda-based scientists will take part in monitoring the effects of the recent Gulf oil spill disaster, even though effects on the Island's eco-system are expected to be minimal.
Scientists are estimating that the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that expl...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other |
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China says it will keep blocking online content
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BEIJING (AP) -- China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying it would continue to block anything considered subversive or...
Senator Marc Bean has said he will stand by his statements on the failing education system, even if it costs him his career in politics.
Though he apologised to the Progressive Labour Party for publicly criticising the party's handling of public scho...
A parent has claimed the Ministry of Education does not do enough to serve children with special needs in the public school system.
And she further claims children are suffering because teachers and paraeducators are not trained to deal with students...
Twenty-seven teachers participated in a course designed to build leadership within the public school system.
Education Minister El James spoke in the House of Assembly to congratulate the 27 participants for completing the Aspiring Leadership Course....
Olympic sailing hopefuls, Zander and Jesse Kirkland, leave Bermuda this week bound for Europe where they take their campaign up another notch to qualify for the 2012 London Games in the 49er class.
First stop is one of the biggest events on the world...
Rolling their sleeves up every other Thursday afternoon a group of 12 teenagers take their seats in the Senate chamber and try to tackle the problem of child obesity in Bermuda. Appointed by Premier Ewart Brown, the National Youth Council said the pr...
If you've heard one too many "thanks, but no thanks" (or more likely nothing at all) from prospective employers, it may be time to consider retraining.
Retraining, or retooling, may be the answer to landing a rewarding new job in the economic downtur...
DATE: Jun 08, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other |
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Germany moves to save $96 billion by 2014
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BERLIN (AP) -- Germany will cut welfare benefits, introduce new taxes and shed government jobs to save as much as euro80 billion ($96 bil...
