Dollars and sense
March 2, 2004
Dear Sir,
I was just reading the article in today's paper entitled 'Food survey sounds hunger alarm'. I was particularly struck by the part in which the reporter quoted Ms Vaucrosson as saying: "Government can't do it ...
BERMUDA'S widespread obsession with materialism is limiting the development of children who should be expanding their minds instead of being preoccupied with money and possessions.
That is the view of Riquette Bonne-Smith, an educator whose work incl...
Many new programmes that will be added to the curriculum in public schools, Minister of Education Terry Lister said yesterday.
The mathematics literacy project is a new initiative to improve students' mathematics skills.
Education Minister Terry List...
Credit is due to all parties in the dispute over construction of homes in Prospect for the compromise hammered out on Monday night?s debate in the House of Assembly.
It was refreshing to see a debate that ended with a bipartisan agreement and a genui...
Parental classes and guidance to stop teenage boys getting girls pregnant were called for by the Opposition last night.
Shadow Education Minister said parental classes were used as a sanction for those who broke the code of conduct expected of them u...
The new senior secondary school, will not be open to students until September, 2005, Education Minister Terry Lister revealed yesterday.
Works Minister Ashfield DeVent announced last month that construction of the school would not be completed until ...
Housing Minister Ashfield DeVent attacked Opposition MPs who opposed building homes for political gain.
He had asked residents in Prospect to compromise because ?if we don?t compromise in this place, there won?t be any place to live and enjoy?.
He sa...
Former Premier Jennifer Smith is urging Education Minister Terry Lister not to go ahead with plans to close down one of St. George's Prep School's primary one classes.
At a packed meeting at the school last night, attended by school officials, politi...
If there were two things in life that Dr. Ian Walker was always sure of, one was that he wanted to be a veterinarian, and the other was to return home at some stage in his career to share with the Island the professional expertise he gained abroad.
T...
The US government should make the States a better place for companies to do business, rather than make it appealing for them to go offshore for tax or cheaper labour, according to the spokesperson for a US Senator.
Yesterday Senator Max Baucus, a ran...
