Ban all smoking
November 25, 2003
Dear Sir,
The issue of smoking in public places, particularly in our restaurants, has in my view, received painfully inadequate attention to date. Action is needed of the Ministry of Health. Action is presently confi...
Education Minister Paula Cox was deluged with information on a variety of topics important to local young women when she hosted a tea for finalists in the recent Miss Teen Bermuda Islands pageant.
Ms Cox heard about the lack of programmes for childre...
Government said yesterday it followed parliamentary rules “to the letter” when it changed the law to make parents more responsible for their children's education before it published new school rules.
Acting Education Minister Senator Michael Scott re...
Bermuda's inflation rate is still running high - coming in at 3.4 percent for the month of October, according to Government figures released yesterday.
Although down from September, when it reached a 12-year high of 3.8 percent, the rate is still wel...
Today?s meeting of the Senate will focus on debate of the Education Amendment (No. 2) Act 2003.
The Education Amendment Act was passed in the House of Assembly two weeks ago and the Senate will debate the issue of the Act, which will force parents to...
Westgate is a better alternative than freedom for many Bermudians, Deputy Opposition Leader Michael Dunkley has claimed.
The Shadow Family Services Minister launched a wide-ranging attack on the criminal justice system, covering everything from from ...
If poster competition entries are anything to go by, Michael Fox is more right than he knows when he warned last week that young people were unaware of the risks posed by HIV and AIDS.
Just two schools entered the awareness competition timed to coinc...
November 27, 2003
Dear Sir,
I am writing this letter in response to comments made in the House of Assembly by Minister Dale Butler on 21 November 2003. The Minister stated and I quote:
The Minister is right only in saying that we met. For the record,...
Government has been accused of "acting secretly and in bad faith" by not allowing MPs to consider rules on parental responsibility before the November 14 education debate.
The accusation was levelled by Shadow Minister of Education Neville Darrell.
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Opposition MP Trevor Moniz blasted the Green Paper on E Business as obsolete and a waste of time on Friday night in the House of Assembly.
The discussion document seeks ways to encourage businesses and organisations to exploit the latest technology a...
