The United Bermuda Party is calling for Government to get a grip on spiralling crime which it says is eroding Bermuda's way of life.
First quarter statistics showed robberies 50 percent higher than the same time last year while there were 135 burglar...
A National Parent Body, international academic benchmarking, more vocational qualifications and raising the school leaving age to 18, are among the recommendations of an overhaul of the country's education system.
The Ministry of Education further ou...
Students at Saltus Grammar School are due to sit a mathematics exam at 6 a.m. today — becoming the first youngsters on the Island to face a new early start time laid down by England's biggest exam board to combat cheating.
Fifteen pupils in the senio...
DATE: May 15, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Some years ago, well known TV journalist Bill Moyers produced a television documentary called "The Vanishing Family".
It focused on how so many single mothers were struggling to raise children without the support of fathers, and the many social probl...
Aided school concept
May 14, 2008
Dear Sir,
In this morning's paper, May 14, your report quotes comments made by me at Tuesday night's meeting held in St. George on the subject of proposed educational changes. What you have reported as my statement m...
Bermuda, like many other countries today, is faced with challenges that were not even thought of several decades ago. Sadly our political and racial divide is still hindering efforts to collectively take on these challenges that, to a large degree, t...
Malachi Jones will not play any games for Bermuda this year, putting his long-term future as a member of the national team in doubt.
The all-rounder has decided that it is more important for him to concentrate on earning enough money to pay for his f...
DATE: May 15, 2008 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
This year's End-to-End charity event raised a record-breaking $300,000, the organisers announced yesterday.
More than 2,500 people braved cloudy skies, blustery winds and high waves to walk, cycle, row and swim the length of the Island on May 3. Some...
Government appears to be moving forward with its education reforms and also plans to have amendments to the Education Act passed by the end of this summer.
So far, the two most controversial aspects of the Government's plans appear to be the move to ...
Senators passed a bill yesterday which will require all vets to be registered — but Opposition concerns about underqualified Caribbean vets being allowed in sparked claims of racism from Senate leader David Burch.
The Veterinary Practitioners Act 200...
