The following is the farewell address given by BIU President Derrick Burgess on March 17 at the union’s quadrennial conference.
Needless to say, I feel great pride and deep humility in having the honour and privilege to address members and friends of...
Needless to say, I feel great pride and deep humility in having the honour and privilege to address members and friends of the Bermuda Industrial Union as its outgoing President. Pride, because to have been chosen to lead this great union ten years a...
An anti-AIDS crusader hailed for devoting his life to helping people afflicted by the disease has died.
Michael Duarde Fox, director of the Allen Vincent Smith Foundation until it closed, was 45.
Throughout the 1990s Mr. Fox was an outspoken advocate...
Many of us have watched the lives of ?The Simpsons? unfold on television over the years.
The loveable and dysfunctional family, which is headed by Homer and Marge, have made us appreciate our families all the more.
Bermuda can hear all about the show...
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
