Dear Sir,
I feel safe in stating that public school education is high on the list of concerns of the majority of Bermudians. I also feel safe in stating that there is broad agreement that the business of educating the children of Bermuda must be look...
DATE: Feb 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Bob Richards issued a stark warning on the importance of tackling the island’s debt and added that a casual attitude towards extra borrowing would be “irresponsible and dangerous”.
The finance minister made the comments in his annual Budget statement...
A book was all the inspiration Francine Rollins needed.
She was recently divorced from her high school sweetheart and still suffering from a devastating miscarriage when she picked up US pastor Joy Morgan’s Roadmap to Destiny last year.
It helped her...
Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said that while Bermuda’s public education system is going to need a lot more than a $2 million budget boost to bring it up to par, he was encouraged that funds for the department ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Lower-paid workers will get payroll tax cuts over two years, while big earners will be forced to dig deeper into their pockets.
Delivering a 2017-18 Budget yesterday aiming to spread the tax burden more fairly, finance minister Bob Richards also anno...
A lack of cuts in spending to the Civil Service in this year’s Budget has proven a bone of contention for the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, with president John Wight asking where was the shared sacrifice.
In a statement released last evening, Mr Wigh...
DATE: Feb 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
HSBC Bank Bermuda Ltd booked net profits of $117 million last year — up more than a third on 2015.
A fall in loan impairment provisions and lower operating expenses after the sale of private banking operations last year contributed to the increase.
M...
Two years ago on his appointment as education minister, Wayne Scott said he planned to stay in the position for the long term and “see the work done”.
However, yesterday Michael Dunkley announced that Mr Scott had other interests to fulfil and that t...
DATE: Feb 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
February is Black History Month. Throughout this month The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed to the shaping of African history
Prairie View A&M University, the first state-supported college in Te...
The Saltus Association presents An Evening of Classical Music with 23-year-old Hungarian virtuoso pianist Daniel Lebhardt on Monday, March 6th.
This event will start at 6pm in the Alumni Hall in the Secondary Dept. at Saltus Grammar School. The fir...
DATE: Feb 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Nothing to do in Bermuda?
