A shortage of paraeducators in the Government school system may be compromising the educations of the some of the Island?s neediest children, has learned.
According to an internal Department of Education memo leaked to the newspaper, there is more de...
In an effort to bring more kids into the sport of hockey at a young age, Bermuda Hockey Federation will be holding a coaching clinic with primary school teachers today.
Organiser Liz Osborne said that, at the moment, hockey was not included in the ph...
Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons hit most of the right notes on Friday in his reply to the Throne Speech.
But he got to the heart of the matter when he asked why the Progressive Labour Party was saying it was only now tackling social issues. If that w...
Bermuda College financial statements from the year 1992 were tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday morning.
Education Minister Terry Lister tabled the reports and consolidated financial statements from the College for the years 1992-1993, 1993-19...
Myths and scare tactics
October 31, 2004
Dear Sir,
While in Bermuda last week I read with interest the front-page headline of of October 26, 2004. The headline was "Independence: 'Almost no Positives'.
My immediate response to the companies is that w...
took the floor to denounce the Reply as "the new UBP with the same dry drivel". He listed a number of housing schemes in the works, insisting that there was a plan to address the affordable housing crisis.
And Mr. DeVent said over 230 houses will com...
The 2004 Throne Speech is the result of an ?accidental Premier? and his colleagues fighting for political survival, Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons told the House of Assembly yesterday.
?If the PLP Government didn?t really have a Social Agenda before...
As the debate of the Throne Speech kicked off yesterday, took the opportunity to tell members of the House of Assembly that rent increases for seniors on a ?case by case basis?.
When he accused others of ?politicising? the issue, however, ? who has b...
The requirement for new hotel developments to provide staff housing will ensure housing is provided for all hotel workers ? not just expatriates, Tourism Minister Ewart Brown promised yesterday.
"No longer will our people be made to compete against t...
Prison Commissioner Hubert Dean has had his contract extended to two years from six months after helping to turn the service around.
He was appointed on a short-term basis after Lt. Col. John Prescod was sacked after clashing with staff and failing t...
