WITH Government's track record so far of corruption, looking out for their own benefits and bonuses ? and the lack of any really tangible progress or improvement in addressing any of our numerous and incredibly important social problems ? I and many ...
his Old School House. Ask almost any school child at Elliot Primary in Devonshire about the history of their school and they will answer smartly, ?The Old Elliot School was started by 12 Black men after emancipation.?
?They all learn about it during ...
BERMUDA Regiment soldiers have been greeted as heroes in the hurricane-devastated village they are helping to rebuild on Grenada.
As the soldiers have toiled under the blazing sun, repairing public buildings, local people have greeted them with overw...
DATE: Feb 25, 2005 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
Education Minister Terry Lister yesterday launched Spice Valley Middle School's Eighth Annual Math-a-Thon. Behind him are students from the Tatem, Wilson and Robinson Houses waiting for their chance to shine in a competition. The Math-a-Thon is desig...
Government increased its budget for Education by $5.8-million from last year to $120 million, making the education budget the second largest in Government and accounting for 17 percent of the 2005/06 National Budget.
This represents the equivalent sp...
The jokes and the wine were flowing once again at Lantana yesterday afternoon as ground was broken in the first phase of the resort?s regeneration.
The resort, which was closed in 1998 leaving behind it a legacy of quality local service, will be re-o...
Education Minister Terry Lister has big plans for the National Training Board (NTB) which received $2,768,000 in Friday's budget.
Some of these initiatives include:
Social Policy-based Training Initiatives: In response to the Government's intent to p...
Community activist, Khalid al-Wasi is elated over Community Affairs Minister Dale Butler's decision to halt the new policy of means testing instituted by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) until the Government's legal arm has reviewed it.
Before the n...
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...
