The maintenance of school buildings must get better, the shadow education minister said yesterday.
Ben Smith warned that renovated schools would deteriorate fast if work was neglected.
Mr Smith said: “We have a lot of buildings that are old – it’s ab...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A “project management team” is to be created to help boost the economy, the finance minister announced yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said during his 2021-22 Budget statement that a list of 30 policy changes and initiatives had been developed to “accele...
In the Westminster system, Budgets have traditionally been shrouded in mystery.
There’s good reason for this: leaks of tax increases or policy changes would lead to hoarding, profiteering or abuse. In the 1930s, a British Cabinet minister was forced ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
A Covid-19 case has been identified at a secondary school, it was revealed this morning.
A spokesman for the board of governors at the Berkeley Institute in Pembroke said an individual had been confirmed as infected.
The spokesman added: “The individ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Minister of Finance should cut taxes and fees for businesses to re-energise the economy, it was claimed yesterday.
Green-friendly projects, increased support for youth services, and breaks for charities that provide essential services, were other...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Last Friday, there was a General Election held in our sister Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).
Bermudian Colony
Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Christopher Famous
Joseph H Rainey, “Speech Made in Reply to An Attack Upon the Colored State Legislators of South Carolina by Representative Cox of New York”, 1871
Joseph Hayne Rainey, born in Georgetown, South Carolina to enslaved parents in 1832, became on ...
A radio talk show host has appealed to the public to support childhood literacy with donations of books to public schools.
Nikita Robinson, the host of The Ladies’ Room show on Magic 102.7, said it was hoped almost 1,300 books would be given to presc...
Sailing charity Endeavour has joined forces with Bermuda College to attract young people into careers at sea.
A seven-week training programme has been launched by the Professional and Career Education division of the college.
The Endeavour maritime ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A scholarship provider has given out a record number of awards in the face of financial hardship brought about by Covid-19.
Knowledge Quest said it decided to increase the number of scholarships and bursaries this academic year as many students were...
DATE: Feb 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
