This is the full text of Opposition Leader Kim Swan's Reply to the Throne Speech that he delivered this morning:
Mr. Speaker, Honourable members of the House of Assembly,
It has been 25 years since I first stood at the polls and I give thanks to God ...
Public Schools will publish their results starting in 2009, the Minister of Education pledged yesterday. And free tuition to Bermuda College may be coming this year, the Minister said the public would "hear more about that in the Budget Speech".
At a...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The babies of teenage fathers are at higher risk for problems such as premature birth, low birth weight and neonatal death, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.
The researchers looked at records relating to 2.6 million babie...
Students at East End Primary will not be reciting a controversial poem as part of their Black History Month celebrations.
However, it will still be discussed in some classes.
The move came after parents complained the poem 'Why am I Black?' by Runett...
The Ministry of Education launched an investigation into a poem being taught at East End Primary during Black History Month.
The move came after parents complained the poem 'Why am I Black?' by Runett Nia Ebo contained disturbing imagery about people...
International Reading Association board member and professor of early childhood education at Utah State University Dr. Ray Reutzel delivered the keynote address at the Bermuda Reading Association's annual conference last weekend on the topic, 'Trends...
Answering questions
February 5, 2008
Dear Sir,
I don't know everything there is to know about the PATI proposal, but in reading the daily regarding the questions of Justice Ian Kawaley, would this proposal have alleviated the Government's ability to ...
Bermuda's rate of inflation dropped below four percent for only the second time in eight months during the month of December 2007, according to the latest statistics released by Government.
The Department of Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI) rep...
Marion Swan had just finished her oat flakes when her chest began to hurt.
It was Saturday morning and the 67-year-old had just come back from her trip in New York so she figured it was just a sign of fatigue.
But on Sunday morning when breakfast sen...
Marion Swan had just finished her oat flakes when her chest began to hurt.
It was Saturday morning and the 67-year-old had just come back from her trip in New York so she figured it was just a sign of fatigue.
But on Sunday morning when breakfast sen...