Today's column by William Raspberry raises a number of crucial points about education.
And while the column is directed at US schools, the same philosophy can and should be applied to Bermuda, especially as the Budget debate gets underway.
Finance Mi...
Airport problems
February 17, 2005
Dear Sir,
Once again we are hearing excuses for the delays at the Airport in the Immigration/Customs Hall. From what I heard on the newscast this week, the arrival of three flights ? Air Canada, American Airlines an...
Ten "selfless and hard working" Bermudians were honoured on Saturday at the Progressive Labour Party Drum Major Awards.
The annual ceremony, which was held at the Bermuda Industrial Union and was inspired by the legendary civil rights activist Martin...
Friday?s Budget was Finance Minister Paula Cox?s second, but the first for which she had full responsibility.
On the whole, there was very little to complain about in her Budget and quite a lot to praise. This was largely because the Government benef...
The Ministry of the Environment has reached out to communities, it was announced in the Budget speech on Friday.
The proposed budget for the Ministry of the Environment is $22 million, of which $1 million will be spent on the Community Areas Programm...
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Give KEMH a chance
January 27, 2005
Dear Sir,
Under normal circumstances I would not write about comments made in your section in however, after statements made recently about Mrs. Gladys Smith and other negative comments, I feel that I must. I have...
Opposition Race Relations and Economic Opportunity David Dodwell told members of the Chamber of Commerce about his draft bill to widen economic opportunity last week.
Chamber president Charles Gosling said members supported the idea of allowing small...
The Ministry of Health and Family Services has claimed 20 percent of the entire national budget as Government strove to emphasise its commitment to easing the healthcare costs of Bermuda?s senior citizens.
The Ministry received a total of $147.3 mill...
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Wonderful . . . and colourful . . . the night we opened there were gombeys in the art gallery above us; it sounded like 400 elephants were tap dancing above the theatre. They were performing for an opening, and we were getting ready to open the pla...
