An arbitration hearing on a long-running dispute over teachers’ pay began yesterday — with a decision expected from the tribunal panel early next week.
The closed hearing at the Department of Labour heard evidence from Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT)...
DATE: Jul 04, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Eleven years on from her brutal death, the legacy of murdered teenager Rebecca Middleton will be honoured by a programme to protect other young women.
The Rebecca Middleton Foundation, a charity promoting victim support and crime prevention, has boug...
Barbra Streisand wins enthusiastic welcome from Berlin fansBERLIN (AP) — Barbra Streisand has played her first concert in Germany, winning an enthusiastic welcome from some 18,000 fans in Berlin and praising the capital’s “beauty — and desserts.”Satu...
Bermuda’s public school graduation rate appears to have leapt by an astonishing 34 percent this year — and could rise even higher once summer school is out.
The vast increase in the number of students graduating from the Berkeley Institute and CedarB...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Budding Beckhams and future Ferdinands will be sharpening their soccer skills this summer at two separate coaching clinics organised by Bermudian footballers.
Major Indoor League Soccer star David Bascome is currently holding a coaching school at the...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Stephen Wright
Bermuda Aviation Services Ltd. yesterday announced a 19 percent rise in full-year net income, which rose to a company record $3.4 million.
BAS chairman Michael Darling described the year as "extremely successful" and he added that the securing of a m...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
The United Bermuda Party must acknowledge and address vestiges of racism within its ranks, 25-year veteran Maxwell Burgess urged in an impassioned retirement speech last night.
The House of Assembly was in its last session of the summer, with widespr...
Community and Cultural Affairs Minister Wayne Perinchief responded to accusations that recent tourism figures have been overplayed. Mr. Perinchief pointed out they were put out by civil servants who “have no agenda”.
Former Opposition Leader Wayne Fu...
Bill puts war pensions change into effect
An administrative step necessary to effect a doubling of war veterans’ pensions was approved by the House of Assembly yesterday.
The Pensions (War Service) Order comes after the Pensions and Gratuities Act 20...
After Bishop Ewen Ratteray’s announcement last week that he will retire next year on March 30, expressions of surprise and shock came in from around the Island. Saddened by the decision was Catholic Bishop Robert Kurtz who had a close relationship wi...
