Of all the crimes committed in the name of colonialism and, more pointedly, the so-called ?scramble for Africa?, it is the story of the Congolese people that presents the most harrowing and darkest moment.
What is all the more shocking is that the co...
The millions of dollars invested by Government in public education is producing ?paltry returns?, a Senator alleged yesterday.
Senator E.T. (Bob) Richards said there was a ?crisis in confidence? in Bermuda?s public schools, despite $131 million being...
DATE: Mar 21, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
This is the full text of the Budget speech by Renee Webb on education.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am grateful for the time that I will be allotted to speak on this important Head with respect to the Budget Debate. First of all, Mr. Chai...
As much as half of Bermuda babies may be carrying dangerous levels of mercury in their systems, said a visiting health expert last week, who warned expectant mothers about the dangers of eating certain types of fish.
Eric Dewailly, a professor of med...
I have not seen a single news story about it, but there is great news about marriage in America.
For the first time, the Federal Government is going to invest $100 million a year to strengthen marriage over the next five years.
President George W. Bu...
Chris Furbert last night stormed to victory as the new president of the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU).
Mr. Furbert won 31 votes out of 34 at the union?s delegates? conference. He declared himself ?very emotional? after the election win at BIU headqu...
DATE: Mar 19, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
UCH has been said recently of student and teacher performance within the public school system. In the House of Assembly this month, Government backbencher Ren?e Webb accused teachers of letting down kids and suggested the Education Ministry consult w...
? William Hazlitt
IF ? as some suggest ? governments are formed in the image of their makers (the people, not gods) then Bermudians have almost certainly been given the Government they deserve.
A dismal spectacle, an unholy triumph of incompetence, t...
Schoolchildren are being subjected to appalling abuse, a union leader claimed yesterday, with some forced to perform sickening sexual acts on their fathers. Edward Ball, general secretary of the Bermuda Public Services Union, also said that some adul...
UT a fork in us, Mr. Editor, we're done. Yawn. The annual Budget Debate is history. Yawn. The House on the Hill has approved a total estimated expenditure of $917 million by the Government of Bermuda for the forthcoming financial year commencing Apri...
