Bermuda Football Association (BFA) missed out on CONCACAF's $10 million funding which is to be distributed to 11 countries in the region.
The money, handed to CONCACAF from FIFA, will be targetted at helping leagues in Barbados, El Salvador, Guyana, ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Stephen Wright
Education Minister El James has a simple philosophy when it comes to managing people: "You get more with honey than you do with salt."
It's an apt belief for a man who keeps bees as a hobby and is so far, he believes, paying dividends in his new role...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Five contestants are getting ready to compete in Singing for Success – an event showcasing some of Bermuda’s talent and this year they will perform on the same stage as American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino. Here they spoke to Lifestyle reporter Rene...
The Hopkins recommendations report card: Education Minister El James and Board of Education chairman Mark Byrne on how we are doing
• One: dramatically improve quality of teaching
El James: "We have made tremendous strides. As Hopkins stated, there a...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Mark Byrne has mastered flying a plane and spearheading an international reinsurance company — and now he's turning his attention to overhauling Bermuda's beleaguered education system.
The new chairman of the Board of Education told The Royal Gazette...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
A new curriculum for public schools is to be brought in from abroad — and Bermudianised.
New Board of Education chairman Mark Byrne and Education Minister El James have revealed that a plan to rewrite the current curriculum following an audit from ov...
DATE: Mar 23, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Dakarai Smith, the first of Bermuda's quintuplets to graduate from high school, has been back at the city of his birth preparing for an exciting new stage of his life.
Dakarai was in Washington DC to sit the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) necessary f...
Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons has criticised Government for the length of time it has taken to initiate a national energy plan.
Mr. Simons was responding to a Motion in the House of Assembly on Wednesday by Energy Minister Terry Lister: 'Th...
A revised and rewritten set of rules for the House of Assembly will go before MPs this summer — when they could be asked to approve the opening up of parliamentary committees.
Deputy Speaker Dame Jennifer Smith and Shadow Legislative Reform Minister ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Bermuda's budding legal eagles will have the chance to learn about British law and forge links with their British counterparts thanks to a new programme launched by the Law Society of England & Wales.
The Law Society has invited applications for the ...
