of condoms in schools.
Unlike his predecessor Public Safety Minister Quinton Edness, who has advocated making condoms available "wherever young people gather'', Dr.
Terceira told The Royal Gazette : "I'm very much against putting them in a bowl or in...
Four years after UK Judge Stephen Tumim tendered his groundbreaking report on criminal justice in Bermuda, Government has reported significant progress -- and one setback -- in implementing its 34 recommendations.
Action has been taken on 24 recommen...
Do you know what an occupational therapist is? Most people don't.
They are the people who give victims of stroke, the mentally and physically challenged, whether young or old, a purpose in life, and the courage and education to enter mainstream socie...
Loss of identity is behind many of the problems black Bermudians face, a visiting African history lecturer says.
The condition is not unique to Bermuda -- it is found in nearly every country where those of African ancestry live. And it can only be re...
has been critical of a push toward privatisation of public services in Bermuda. For some time now there have been suggestions that Government should divest itself of a good deal of what is now run with civil servants. Mr.
Blakeney has claimed that pe...
The Bermuda Cricket Board of Control desperately need to open their eyes to the importance of developing young cricketers to replenish the sport.
So said Bermuda Schools Sports Federation Administrator Clint Smith, who added that too much emphasis ha...
DATE: Apr 19, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Patrick Bean
An increasing number of students have been suspended from the public school system.
According to Education Department statistics released to The Royal Gazette yesterday, 316 youngsters were suspended in the 1993/94 school year, 368 the next year, and...
ATLANTA -- Finance Minister Grant Gibbons yesterday gave US business people insight into one facet of Bermuda's success that Americans find hard to comprehend.
Corporate executives, faced with state insurance regulators that are often in an adversari...
released before the end of the school term.
Education Minister Jerome Dill promised this when contacted about the report.
"I have it,'' he said. "And once my colleagues look at it in Cabinet, it will be released.'' Associate Professor of educational...
two by-elections was yesterday overshadowed by a row over PLP media relations.
Opposition Jennifer Smith was accused of ignoring calls from the media for comment and of gagging her Shadow Cabinet.
Media representatives at the press conference complai...
DATE: Apr 18, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
