Members of the Baha'i faith community and others have held a special prayer service to call for an end to escalating violence against Baha'is in Iran.
In addition to limitations on civil liberties such as the right to higher education, the recognitio...
Cash seized from criminals will be used to educate the public about drugs and help rehabilitate addicts, under a Bill read by Finance Minister Paula Cox yesterday.
The Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act 2009 releases money from the Confiscated Assets Fu...
DATE: Mar 05, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Fight witness' duty
March 2, 2009
Dear Sir,
I read with disbelief, Sam Strangeways' article entitled "Bus terminal fight witness is surprised Police have not issued an appeal", in today's Royal Gazette (March 2, 2008).
To quote your reporter's words....
MPs have approved legislation which will allow Government to increase its overdraft from $15 million to more than $110 million this year.
The Temporary Loans Amendment Act 2009 was passed in the House of Assembly on Monday evening and will enable Gov...
DATE: Mar 04, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
It costs almost four times as much to keep a prisoner at Westgate as to educate a child, Opposition MP Patricia Gordon-Pamplin claimed in Parliament this week.
The Shadow Works and Engineering Minister said a way of deploying resources more effective...
DATE: Mar 04, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
NEW YORK (AP) - Investors bruised by Wall Street's latest rout found little reason to pile back into the market.
Stocks extended their losses in an erratic session yesterday as investors wrestled with the reality that the economy is still far from a ...
Sometimes, it turns out, politicians can be taken at their word. More than a year ago, while campaigning for the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama told the Reno Gazette-Journal that "Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Ric...
If the European Union has to bail out governments with payments problems in eastern Europe or the euro zone, the conditions would be so draconian as to cast those countries' economies deeper into a vale of tears.
That's why Brussels and Berlin are ur...
HELPING JOB-SEEKERS: Job hunts are stretching even longer for the growing number of unemployed. Try not to be ashamed of losing a position, urges Jamaica Eilbes, a recruiter for staffing company Manpower Inc. "Everybody knows somebody who's been let ...
A new website has been launched by Bermuda Autism Support and Education (BASE) to help families and promote awareness about the disorder.
Visitors to the website www.bermudaautism.org will find common autism symptoms and information about the service...
