One of the consequences of economic growth for the Cayman Islands has been increasingly healthy public finances.
The result of large surpluses, year after year, can be seen in the territory’s debt, which peaked at CI$613.4 million ($736.1 million) in...
We are heading into the budget period and I am certain we will hear about a lot of new initiatives from the Government, but I would like to take this opportunity to state what I hope to see.
The Progressive Labour Party can dismiss the Opposition’s ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Dwayne Robinson
A spotlight will be turned on employers who “steal” from their staff by failing to deposit social insurance and pension contributions, the Minister of Finance warned last night.
Curtis Dickinson said he wanted to help workers keep better track of the...
The Ministry of Health has begun an investigation into two cases of the highly infectious whooping cough at a Devonshire school.
Carlos Symonds, head of school at Somersfield Academy, told parents in an e-mail yesterday that the department had confir...
DATE: Feb 07, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
This column will not render a verdict on whether the White House decision last week to suspend immigration from Nigeria, the world’s seventh most populous nation, and five other countries was mainly an expression of bigotry from an administration led...
DATE: Feb 06, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Justin Fox
If we in Bermuda have a date with destiny, then it does not look too promising now. But it does not have to be that way! There are many external forces that we can do nothing about; however, many of our most festering wounds such as economic and immi...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sir John Swan
An international genetics conference returned to Bermuda today for the fourth time.
The Bermuda Principles Impact Conference will kick off at the Fairmont Southampton with genetics experts from around the world to tackle the subject of transcriptomic...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Saturday evening marked the official close of the Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) Centennial celebrations. The date, February 1, 2020, was observed with a modest ceremony at the BUT headquarters at 72 Teacher’s Place on Church Street which officially...
Christmas cheer carried over into January as the Pembroke Rotary Club announced the winners of the 2019 Christmas Essay Competition.
The annual contest has run for the past four years, and is open to both public and private schools at the primary, mi...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Health would like to inform the public that the application period for the Dr. Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarship will open on February 10. The application period will conclude on 30 April 2020.
The Ministry of Health awards the...
DATE: Feb 05, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Press Release
