The president and chief of one of the Island?s leading domestic insurance companies has challenged locals to lead efforts to curb healthcare costs by practicing healthy living habits.
Speaking to the Hamilton Kiwanis Club on Monday night, Gerald Simo...
Ministry reports jump in applications
More parents are applying for places for their children in public schools, Education Minister Terry Lister said in the House of Assembly last week. Mr. Lister said that so far 555 applications for primary schools...
Government is on the right track when it comes improving literacy in schools, Education Minister Terry Lister has claimed.
Addressing the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr. Lister said the work of the Literacy Committee ? formed three years ago to exam...
On Friday, the United Bermuda Party responded to the Budget presented by Finance Minister Paula Cox JP MP. I wondered how the Opposition would attack a budget which, in my view, did all that a budget is supposed to do.
The 2005 budget is the financia...
The House of Assembly passed a bill bringing in a new tiered payroll tax structure giving breaks for small and medium-sized businesses last night.
The payroll threshold for the lowest rate of 7.25 percent was doubled to $200,000 while a new rate of 1...
Moving away from home is tough at the best of times, but leaving Bermuda for the cold and snow of Canada makes the experience even more challenging. Canadian freelance writer Sangita Iyer finds out from two young Bermudian women how they are adapting...
Newly elected Bermuda Public Service Union president Armell Thomas has revealed radical plans to rebuild the union?s HQ into a five-storey complex, complete with gym, retail space and an underground car park.
He said the current building had been out...
Longtail Aviation is now authorised to offer public charter flights with its two aircraft operating out of its headquarters at Southside, Transport Minister Ewart Brown announced on Friday. The Department of Civil Aviation is also taking a role in ex...
With more than one million dollars allocated in the Education budget towards teacher development, the Ministry plan to get creative as far as training is concerned.
In a statement to the House of Assembly yesterday, Education Minister, Terry Lister d...
To His Honour the Speaker and Members of the Honourable House of Assembly:
Mr. Speaker,
I am pleased to present to this Honourable House the United Bermuda Party reply to the 2005/2006 Budget Statement.
The community must feel a sense of d?j? vu afte...
