A one stop career centre will be open next week to help people find jobs, according to Junior Labour Minister Walter Roban.
Mr. Roban listed the measure among a number of tactics aimed at helping Bermudian job-seekers through the tough economic times...
New powers are proposed for a team of roving accountants to root out inefficiency within Government.
Premier Ewart Brown said Cabinet was reviewing a paper urging legislation to give the internal audit unit, now under Cabinet Office, the "teeth, reso...
The financial markets are set to stabilise and eventually recover from the current crisis.
That is the prediction of Robert Pires, CEO of Bermuda Investment Advisory Services (BIAS), who sees a number of positive signs that the capital markets will g...
SANTA BARBARA, California (AP) — Elizabeth Taylor has expanded her philanthropy with a $100,000 donation to the Alliance for Christian Education.
The 77-year-old Oscar-winning actress says she was inspired by President Barack Obama's call for America...
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 ...