The two parties' top ten pledges on education:
Progressive Labour Party
— Ensure technical education is taught at middle and senior schools.
— Give a free Bermuda College education to Bermudians on accredited programmes.
— Strengthen the partnership ...
LONDON (Reuters) ¿ Social mobility has not improved in Britain in 30 years with bright children from poor families being overtaken by less able youngsters from rich homes by the age of seven, a report released last week said.
The findings show that t...
Keisha Douglas knows her stuff when it comes to public schools.
The new president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers has worked in education for 13 years, mainly as a teacher but also as a mathematics adviser at the Ministry of Education.
She was made ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Much has been said about how young voters will affect this election but little has been heard about the gender factor — yet there are nearly 2,800 more female Bermudian voters than male voters according to 2000 census figures.
And while the Parliamen...
Taking the high road
December 12, 2007
Dear Sir,
There have been frequent claims that this general election is being contested in a particularly dirty manner. As a result of numerous allegations of this kind, the impression is being created that both...
Green is the only colour that matters. The Human Race and the Human Genome Project. In the next couple of weeks, just like 60,000 other amazing souls have already done, I am sending in my personal DNA sample to the National Geographic www.nationalgeo...
Not born yesterday
December 10, 2007
Dear Sir,
Time's getting short – we had better get our Dear Dr. Brown letters in quickly.
I'd like to ask for no more land tax – no more tax on food – free college education in any country – free airline tickets t...
The Human Rights Commission will carry out a survey of members of the public and the business community this week.
It is part of a comprehensive research campaign aiming to provide data that will help the HRC in its work and with public relations and...
A group of talented, young athletes will do what no other Bermudian sports team has done, display their skills on the West Coast for a competitive tournament.
CedarBridge Academy varsity basketball team, the Wildcats, have been invited to play in the...
New Opposition candidate Wayne Scott yesterday watched the Progressive Labour Party's 'Puppet Show' commercial of himself for the first time — and laughed.
Mr. Scott — whom the PLP's clip, placed on YouTube, suggested was a puppet of United Bermuda P...
DATE: Dec 15, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
