The following is the full text of the Opposition's response to the 2003 Budget, delivered in the House of Assembly yesterday by Opposition leader Dr. Grant Gibbons.
To His Honour the Speaker and Members of the Honourable House of Assembly:
Mr. Speake...
The Careers Fair on Front Street was doing a roaring business yesterday with children flocking to learn about everything from chocolate modelling to accountancy.
The Dolphin Quest stand had steady interest. Staffer Robyn Bungay said the plastic model...
COULD it be that those who control the purse strings actually do care?
For as long as most of us can remember, through successive Governments, sport in Bermuda has been considered anything but a priority.
In terms of financial support, it's been virt...
THE Dwayne Pearman show - otherwise known as the annual Bermuda Professional Golfers' Association Championships - was due to wind up at Mid Ocean Club yesterday after 72 holes of predictable competition.
Pearman, as he has done for the last decade or...
Developing local cricketers into full-time professionals or even semi-professionals could be the route to follow in order to help raise the overall standard of the game in Bermuda.
This according to Bermuda Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) president, ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2003 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
To control and reduce, through non-lethal means, the feral cat population in Bermuda.
To stabilise colonies of feral cats in co-operation with householders, businesses and other groups, through spaying and neutering.
To manage and maintain colonies o...
OUTSPOKEN Government MP Dale Butler believes in speaking his mind - whether or not he's toeing the line of his Progressive Labour Party colleagues.
This week his moves to try to address the issues facing our youth thrust him once more into the limeli...
Zero-based budgeting has been expanded to nine Government Ministries, Finance Minister Eugene Cox revealed at last week's press conference on the Budget Statement.
And the Budget also shows departmental results against output targets, allowing the pu...
A Berkeley Institute Honour Roll student said that she always crams before exams.
But Attiya Talbot said although she finds studying in advance means that she is more comfortable in an exam, cramming works best for her.
She said: "I prioritise my hom...
Spring break is proving a blessing for Bermuda's Davis Cup squad.
The presence of North American collegiate players on the Island between now and late March has gifted Bermuda's squad for the upcoming tournament in Costa Rica with a chance to practis...
