Bermuda's Constitution would be violated by a proposed new law forcing companies to hire and promote blacks, according to lawyer Tim Marshall.
Fining companies $50,000 for blocking the progress of blacks would be discriminative — and therefore ruled ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Progressive Labour Party MP Jamahl Simmons has welcomed Government's plans to force companies to improve the lot of black Bermudian employees after claiming international business preferred whites.
The Workforce Equity Act 2007 will give the Commissi...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicked off yesterday as team members, sponsors and the Minister of Health announced upcoming events.
The press conference, hosted by Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, took place at noon inside the City Hall Lobby with te...
Hold off this legislation
September 29, 2007
Dear Sir:
The recently contracted study into black males will hopefully tell us why there is not a proportional representation of all demographic groups in our workforce. However, the proposed Workforce Eq...
American breast cancer specialist Dr. Kevin Hughes has seen more than 50 local women. Dr. Hughes of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts heads the Bermuda Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment Programme.
The programme began last year in c...
One of Bermuda's greatest educators was honoured yesterday as the school which she led for more than three decades was renamed after her.
Southampton Glebe Primary School became the Dalton E. Tucker Primary School thanks to a proposal from the class ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
It was a case of winners all round as the Bank of Bermuda Foundation boosted its revenue by almost $3 million, while putting more than $7.3m into promoting education, according to its latest report.
The bank's charitable branch saw its revenue, inclu...
The fourth annual Sportsmanship presentation ceremony proved to be a significant social and cultural event at the Manchester Unity Hall in Hamilton.
The Bermuda Friendly Societies Association (BFSA) instituted the award to reaffirm and perpetuate the...
BUSINESS chiefs have expressed a mixture of caution, concern and outrage at Government plans to impose quotas on employers.
A number of business organisations, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Bermuda Employers' Council, and the Association of ...
WHILE cricket and football have been bankrolled to the tune of $26 million by Government, some of Bermuda's other sports are feeling left out in the cold. And although Sports Minister Randy Horton said he understands their frustration, he added that ...
