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...
BEFORE I get to the main topic of this week's Commentary, I'd like to briefly address Bermuda's continuing — and worsening — traffic woes. Last Friday, March 10, was a bad day on Bermuda's roads because of the horrific traffic accident that occurred ...
March 14, 2006 "Power is the grim idol that all the world adores . . . that dazzles the senses, haunts the imagination, confounds the understanding, and tames the will. So in some countries, the most destructive animals are held sacred, despair and t...
BTC?s DSL customers may experience more interruptions to their service as the company moves to complete a ?next generation? upgrade to improve its network?s infrastructure and capacity and make its DSL speed and performance 16 times faster.
The addit...
Shoppers paid out 2.5 percent more for goods and services in January than they did a year earlier, Government statistics released yesterday show, reflecting an increase in the prices being charged by every sector.
The monthly Consumer Price Index, sh...
Government has tabled details outlining why it spent $24.5 million more than estimated in last year?s budget.
New pay deals, overtime wages and increasing health costs were included in the overspend. Finance Minister Paula Cox told the House of Assem...
Parents who pledged to stage a march in protest at a new student management system have been given assurances that it will be fixed.
Education Minister Terry Lister met with Karen Belboda, chairman of CedarBridge Parent Teacher Student Association (P...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
