Government reallocated $2.5 million to bolster four ministries in the 2017-18 financial year.
The funds moved were already appropriated so do not constitute an overspend.
The Ministry of Education received the biggest supplementary injection of $1 mi...
DATE: Mar 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Clarien Bank today donated $91,000 to nine Bermuda charities as part of its annual giving programme.
The donations were made through The Clarien Foundation, the bank’s charitable trust.
Michael DeCouto, Clarien Bank’s chief digital and marketing offi...
DATE: Mar 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: News Staff
Specialists with a track record of tackling failures in mathematics, English and science were taken off the job, according to the Bermuda Union of Teachers.
Secretary General Mike Charles said teachers were “flabbergasted” that the education ministry...
Obstetricians Wendy Woods, Terry Lynn Emery and Emma Robinson have brought thousands of babies into the world.
With 60 years of experience between them, they’re now working with their second generation of mothers.
Dr Emery, 58, said: “I love it when...
DATE: Mar 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Before he set out to train and start his own maintenance business, young entrepreneur Sharundae Thompson was facing a hard time.
He met that challenge with self-belief and support from his family to become a self-employed tradesman who can service m...
Martha Myron, Moneywise
Now that all the pomp and circumstance, experienced pundit reviews, and scrutiny by the public (in the papers, of course) is long gone, it is now the turn of a lowly Bermudian financial planner — who writes for the people — to...
The 132nd session of the Bermuda Annual Conference of the AME Church was held at the Fairmont Southampton last week.
Hosted by the AME Ministerial Alliance, it was overseen by the 118th elected and consecrated bishop, the Right Reverend Gregory Ingra...
Experts highlighted poor practice in Bermuda’s schools and unchallenging assignments for pupils, the education minister told MPs yesterday.
Cambridge curriculum assessors conducted a review of public schools after Cambridge Checkpoint results showed ...
Alan Leigh, a schoolteacher and former principal at Heron Bay and Port Royal primary schools, has died, aged 84.
Neville Tyrrell, Warwick South Central MP, offered condolences to Mr Leigh’s family and his wife, Jennifer, yesterday in Parliament.
Mr L...
DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Dear Sir,
On reading your article on drink and drug-driving, improving roads safety is not just about education and awareness but also about a deterrent.
In the UK, we have a new law since March 2015 which allows the use of the DrugWipe as a roadside...
DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
