Freeing up some of the 2,000 vacant properties on the Island and a pilot scheme to charge a flat rate of rent based on income have been revealed amongst a string of ideas aimed at solving Bermuda?s affordable housing problem.
And Housing Minister Sen...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
OPPOSITION Senate Leader Kim Swan has called for Government to stop trying to avoid accountability by repeatedly producing the race card.
Speaking in the week after Deputy Premier Ewart Brown said he would no longer answer what he considered to be "p...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
Students in Bermuda's public education system are to be compulsorily tested annually on social studies and science from next year, the Government announced yesterday.
Education Minister Terry Lister revealed the plan at a Press conference in which he...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
TEAM of more than 100 residents will compete in the Bermuda Day Marathon Derby this year with the collective aim of raising money for the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy and help children with special needs and challenges across the island.
The drive...
One crack house has been closed down by the Ministry for National Drug Control and will be re-let to a family in need, Minister has revealed.
Speaking during the Budget debate on his Ministry on Wednesday night, Mr. Perinchief said more crack houses ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
HE Masterworks Foundation has hit back at claims that it has veered from its focus of supporting contemporary Bermudian artists.
And it described as "bunk" allegations that it is misusing contributions intended for ongoing arts programmes, funnelling...
Education Minister Terry Lister yesterday said goodbye to students and chaperones who are going to the United Nations in New York. The students are participating in an international youth conference. Photo by Chris Burville
A private Catholic school is offering beneficiaries the chance to name its auditorium, playing field and science lab.
Mount Saint Agnes Academy has launched a campaign to raise $5 million to pay off a debt and upgrade its building and facilities.
The...
DATE: Mar 02, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Local students left the Island yesterday to participate in a conference being held at the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York.
The students will spend two days with other teens from around the globe discussing the relationship between ...
With the average price of a Bermuda home costing at least 400 percent more than the US, Canada and UK, a local investor encouraged those trying to raise $150,000 for a home down-payment to invest in Bermuda.
Argus chief executive and president Gerald...
