Submitted by Dana Baker Benjamin Franklin organized the first volunteer fire department in Pennsylvania in an effort to provide a critical public service during emergencies. These first steps many years ago have now grown into a massive system of volunteer fire departments throughout our beautiful state! As time has passed some fire departments are now […]
Having constructed 900 houses one year after launching the government s 10,000 homes programme, Housing Minister Dwight Sutherland said a target of 2,000 has been set for 2023/24.
“We intend to build 2,000 houses this financial year,” he said, noting that construction has already begun at Lancaster, Colleton and Poole in St John, while several other sites have been identified for housing
There are chronic problems that pose grave threats to our public education system; and they need to be addressed post-haste.Almost every week, there is an issue or issues at some school plant across the island that forces closure. These closures have an impact on the students, some of who are already facing challenges due to the lack of teaching during the height of the COVID pandemic.How can we expect these students to settle down and get on with the job if classes continue to be interrupted? How can the teaching staff get a rhythm going if they either do not feel safe at work or are falling ill due to environmental issues? How are parents to cope when they receive calls, while on the job, that they must come and collect their charges or make arrangements to have them collected?Serious decisions have to be made and action must be taken in order to ensure that these disruptions are the exceptions and not the rule.Over the past week alone hundreds of students have lost precious teaching