Truancy has dropped over six percent since 1999 thanks to the return of attendance officers to the school system, Education Minister told the House on Friday.
But Mr. Lister said that if attendance rates in senior school were to reach an optimum 94 ...
The public fear crime is getting worse despite most people feeling safe in their own neighbourhoods, a survey has revealed. The public feel crime has increased over the past five years and will continue to do so.
One in four have been victim of crime...
Government MPs turned on the media on Friday, with a mixed bag of accusations of ulterior motives, incompetence and turning a blind eye to positive stories.
The most serious accusation came from ruling party backbencher who said that was ?evil? and, ...
Last week in the trusted advisor we discussed the emotional aspects of building trust. A trusted advisor doesn't happen overnight; trust has to be earned and deserved. When you, as an investor are seeking advice, ideally you want someone who understa...
Bermuda needs to bridge the gap between academic learning and technical training in schools, and give youth the chance to learn real life lessons outside the classroom. Only then will we be able to address our social woes and save our young black mal...
John Jefferis, the man whose award of the controversial lease at Government-owned Stonington Beach Hotel was branded unfair by the Auditor General, secretly funded a political consultant to work for the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) at the 1998 elec...
The new World Heritage Visitors Centre on Penno's Wharf in St. George's will be a major educational centre for local students.
The St. George's Foundation is working with the Ministry of Education to bring students to the centre, which will be constr...
Whoa Nelly: It's getting hot in here
OT, hot, hot: that's what it was on Friday in the House on the Hill, Mr. Editor ? if only briefly. Yes, the air conditioning wasn't working properly for a time, and even if hot air does rise, it was occasionally u...
Ruling party Senator and Bermuda College Board Chairman Raymond Tannock yesterday defended the controversial Stonington Beach deal with Coco Reef Resorts as the right thing to do for tourism and the Bermuda College.
Stonington had been bleeding money...
Bermuda Tourism Minister Renee Webb resigned from Cabinet yesterday citing "irreconcilable differences" with Premier Alex Scott over his leadership style.
She said she did not feel she was treated properly as a woman and a professional and revealed s...
