Buoyant business sector offsets tourism slump By Sue Stuart 2.9 percent GDP predicted for 2001 Registered companies up 10 percent 94 new insurance companies domiciled Tourism arrivals fall by 7,000 A prediction of a slow down in the growth of th...
budget by seven percent this year.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox said education remained one of Government's top priorities, allocating it one of the largest increases in his 2001 Budget.
Last year the Ministry was given a budget of $85.7 million. This...
Bermuda's waters are receiving a helping hand from a partnership between a corporate conglomerate and two conservation groups.
Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB) executive director Lennox Boodram locked up an alliance with US-based Center for Marine Conser...
DATE: Feb 16, 2001 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jarion Richardson
has been expelled since the Progressive Labour Party came into power, Education Minister Senator Milton Scott has revealed.
Following claims in The Royal Gazette yesterday by Government backbencher Derrick Burgess that law and order needed to be retu...
Long-term residents currently living in limbo could help Bermuda economically if they were given status says campaigner Robert Pires.
He said instead of sending money back they would buy homes and invest cash here which would help the island.
He quot...
A former diplomat and African Affairs expert will kick off a new lecture series at Bermuda College on Monday.
Walter C. Carrington will be the first speaker in the new distinguished speakers series. Mr. Carrington is currently a non-resident fellow a...
Education Minister Milton Scott last night said he wanted to set the record straight over claims that children in public schools were led to believe they were brighter than they were.
He said his Ministry had carried out an investigation into the sch...
this week to return to school for training.
Principals are taking part in workshops on budgeting and interview skills, while teachers are attending training sessions specific to different subjects.
At the primary level, English, language and art teac...
By Karen Smith Law and order must be returned to the classroom if teachers are to be successful in educating children, a Government MP has claimed.
PLP backbencher and union leader Derrick Burgess said too many students were allowed to get away with...
Carol Hill, respected author of Rays of Hope, has received tremendous praise for her compelling book featuring her aunt, Agnes May Robinson and the Sunshine League which came out last fall.
"The Sunshine League workers were pioneers who blazed the tr...
