Giving Bermuda Regiment soldiers the opportunity to have their course fees paid if they enrol at Bermuda College should be expanded to allow soldiers to take up subsidised overseas education once they have completed their term of duty with the Regime...
DATE: Apr 22, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
SEVEN schools have joined together to lend their financial support to a planned sports centre in Sandys, organising a fund-raising walk through western parishes which they also hope will highlight important community issues.
Organised by the Sandys F...
PACT, a unique initiative which aims to combat risky behaviour in children, will see one community offering free parenting skills workshops to its residents.
The offer is being driven by the children themselves. The Bermuda Student Youth Survey, cond...
A plan to build a new community sports centre will help combat drug problems in the west end, Education Minister Terry Lister said this week.
The Sandys Secondary School Foundation is raising funds to build a complex which will offer activities and c...
DATE: Apr 21, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Former Senator Stanley Gascoigne died yesterday at the age of 92. Sen. Gascoigne was many things during his life time; senator, dedicated teacher, naturalist, top civil servant and businessman to name a few.
During the 1970s and 1980s he was an impor...
It has become usual for me to wait until Wednesday evening to write this column. This week, however, I was presented with rare inspiration. On Tuesday, reported the findings of a Life Skills and Literacy Survey conducted by the Department of Statisti...
B.TEC?s fourth annual networking event which was held on Tuesday at XL House was designed to provide senior school students with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to mix and mingle with top executives from many businesses across the Island. With bus...
THE more television you watch, the lower your literacy level is likely to be, according to the results of the Adult Literacy Survey released by the Department of Statistics this week.
And there is a lesson in that for all parents to bear in mind when...
DATE: Apr 21, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
FORMER Senator and Cabinet Secretary Stanley Gascoigne died in hospital yesterday.
Acting Premier Randy Horton expressed "sincere condolences on behalf of the Government and people of Bermuda" to Mr. Gascoigne's wife, Sandy, and the couple's two sons...
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce is eyeing everything from public service pay hikes to transit permits for new and existing foreign nationals as it heads into its 100th year.
Chamber president Peter Everson said that looking forward to the 100th year ...
