Taxpayers have forked out more than $11,000 on US education expert Henry Johnson's trips home in the past eight months.
The $250,000-a-year consultant — brought to Bermuda last August to transform public schools — has flown business class back to the...
DATE: Jul 09, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
One American presidential candidate was shaped by his family's rich heritage in the US Navy and the other by community organising in the disadvantaged neighborhoods of Chicago's South side. Those diverse backgrounds explain some of their profound dif...
A new poll shows only three out of every ten voters have a favourable impression of Premier Ewart Brown compared to more than seven in ten favouring Deputy Premier Paula Cox.
And the Progressive Labour Party is still ahead of the United Bermuda Party...
The remains of a monster of the deep have washed ashore on Bermuda.
The head, tentacles and mantle of a deep sea squid were discovered at Grape Bay by beachcombers on Sunday. The find is rare as the squid inhabit depths of between 240-940 metres and ...
Two talented Bermudian art students have received a welcome boost to their tuition fees, thanks to Butterfield Bank, which provides two annual awards: one for Fine Arts and one for Applied Arts, each valued at $10,000.
This year's winner of the Fine ...
Just like the IBM brand, Aaron Smith has been changing with the times. For just like IBM, who have moved from being a hardware-based company to essentially a service-led provider, Mr. Smith, who combines his roles as president, chief operating office...
Former Attorney General Larry Mussenden has stepped down as chairman of Bermuda College after 19 months in the post.
The Ministry of Education said it had accepted his resignation due to increased private commitments which meant he could not longer s...
DATE: Jul 07, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
MPs debated the rising cost of living on the Island in a lengthy debate in the House of Assembly, late into the night on Friday.
Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons introduced the Motion: "That this Honourable House takes note of Bermuda's increa...
Worried parents at a school which faces losing its governing body claim education chiefs are failing to communicate with them.
The parent-teacher association at St. George's Preparatory School handed a long list of detailed questions to Education Min...
DATE: Jul 05, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The call option numbers betting on crude oil prices at $200 per barrel before the end of 2008 has doubled in the last month, according to Javier Blais of the Financial Times, July 3, 2008.
Some speculators are even betting on 'lottery tickets' at $30...
