The Auditor General has urged Finance Minister Paula Cox to step up efforts to curb overspending across Government departments.
The call for tighter control from Larry Dennis came in his latest report on Government finances, where it was revealed tha...
A 60-year-old prize-winning bodybuilder recalled how brutal childhood beatings he endured in Bermuda forced him to escape to England after deciding he wasn?t going to be pushed around anymore.
David Ingham endured beating at the hands of his father, ...
National coach Gus Logie admitted his disappointment yesterday at the news that talented offspinning allrounder Delyone Borden had withdrawn from the national squad set to leave for Trinidad this morning.
Borden has been back at home for just over a ...
Orchid Club thanks donorsApril 25, 2006Dear Sir,We the officers and members of the Orchid Charity Club take this opportunity to express our appreciation to the many merchants who made donations to our Annual Christmas Project. This project enables us...
Teachers at two schools have called a halt to a work to rule, can reveal.
Staff at Spice Valley Middle School in Warwick will officially return to normal working practices today after they took action over warning letters being placed on their person...
DATE: May 08, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
A school which was targeted by an intruder earlier this year is to pilot a new plan for dealing with crises, Education Minister Terry Lister announced on Friday.
Mr. Lister told the House of Assembly that Spice Valley Middle School in Warwick was wor...
DATE: May 08, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The leader of Bermuda?s teaching union is calling for the cane to be used on unruly students in Bermuda?s public schools.
Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT), said he advocated a return to corporal punishment being ...
DATE: May 08, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
he first phrase that springs to mind after a two-hour chat with Mike Charles on the failings and successes of Bermuda?s much-maligned public education system is ?old school?.
Everything about him ? from his solid handshake, neat spectacles and perfec...
After nearly a month of industrial strife ? which saw just over 1,000 strikers mushroom to 7,000 in a matter of weeks ? Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) finally settled the long-running wage dispute that first triggered the April 198...
A WORLD-WIDE shortage of nurses has impacted on Bermuda's hospitals with the properties at times staffed at levels less than optimal for patients or healthcare professionals working there.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) yesterday reported wide flu...
