LONDON (AP) — Anticipating hundreds of thousands of job losses as the recession bites in Britain, Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday offered employers new incentives to hire and pledged new funds to train those who lose their posts.
At a summit in...
Bermuda Regiment's newest recruits were put through their paces yesterday in front of Premier Ewart Brown.
Dr. Brown visited Warwick Camp with Attorney General Kim Wilson and Education Minister El James to see how the 175 new soldiers were faring aft...
DATE: Jan 13, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Dandy Town youngster Jahday Ford is spending a week training with English Premier League club Bolton Wanderers' Youth Academy after excelling during a summer coaching clinic in Bermuda.
Ford, 14, was selected as the star player at Bermuda national te...
DATE: Jan 13, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Stephen Wright
With debate raging over the controversial policy of conscripting men into the Regiment, Governor Sir Richard Gozney last week called for more efforts to attract women volunteers.
Despite an advertising campaign last year, just two women signed up one...
Bermuda Football Association (BFA) have vowed to clamp down on escalating violence, drug use and other anti-social behaviour at club venues, according to a draft of their revised Strategic Plan that has been obtained by The Royal Gazette.
For years i...
A card of thanks
January 2, 2009
Dear Sir,
Please allow me in your valuable editorial on behalf of Prospect Primary School and Prospect Pre School to thank the various establishments who sponsored both schools for their Christmas Fundraisers and both...
Some students are falling through the cracks because teachers are failing to address their unique learning styles, according to veteran educator and Bermuda College professor Dr. Sharon Parris.
"There are some students who will be able to learn sitti...
Shadow Minister for Energy, Michael Fahy has questioned why Government has not published a consultation paper on energy claiming it was due last November.
He also backed a call from sustainability group Greenrock for an independent energy authority t...
Tech education needed– December 16, 2008
Dear Sir,
Re: Bring back Tech (December 5, 2008)
Times have changed; apprenticeships are no longer the arduous five-year skill of hand and machining that they used to be. Technicians are no longer expected to...
October began with Immigration Minister David Burch issuing an ultimatum to illegal aliens: leave Bermuda by the end of the month or face prosecution.
On October 1, St. David's man Roger Eugene Lightbourne Sr. was charged with murdering homeless loca...
