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...
Ten cricketers - past and present - are now better prepared to fulfil their missions as coaches.
All successfully completed Level One of the West Indies Coaching Course last October and yesterday received the relevant certificates during a presentati...
DATE: Feb 20, 2003 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
One year ago, in the 2002 Budget Statement, Finance Minister Eugene Cox announced that Government would look into launching an unemployment insurance scheme and had set aside $1 million for the purpose.
A year later, little has changed except that th...
Slowly but surely, things are starting to go right in education.
For the past two weeks, The Royal Gazette has been publishing stories based on an interview with Minister Paula Cox on some of the new initiatives underway in public schools.
And much o...
Education Minister Paula Cox is looking at innovative ways to keep and attract teachers into the system - including a new internship programme where they can go out and work in the community.
The Minister revealed the new initiative during an intervi...
A report on the sea tragedy that took the lives of two fishermen and saw another rescued after more than 20 hours is set to be handed to Government with a raft of new recommendations for boating standards.
New requirements for life saving and communi...
When The Royal Ballet paid a return visit to the Bermuda Festival last week, included in the company was one of the world's leading classical ballet dancers of the 20th Century: Wayne Sleep, OBE. From early childhood he had demonstrated an exceptiona...
