Comments on: Sponsorships Awarded To 17 College Students https://bernews.com/2015/02/seventeen-bc-students-receive-financial-awards/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:33:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: Ace girl https://bernews.com/2015/02/seventeen-bc-students-receive-financial-awards/#comment-2782313 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:11:13 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=367389#comment-2782313 Congratulations students!
Please do not detract from student achievement by making this a political football. This is nothing to do with government awards, companies and individuals have sponsored scholarships and awards for many, many years, such as Viking Foods, Butterfield and Vallis and Diane Lines. The awards weren’t always managed or invested well by BC, take the Corange Science Award for starters. In addition, there should be a tax payers award as they contribute in excess of 20 million dollars every year to this institution. Money well spent? Well that is for the taxpayer to decide.

]]> By: Catch a Fire https://bernews.com/2015/02/seventeen-bc-students-receive-financial-awards/#comment-2781120 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 01:10:08 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=367389#comment-2781120 @Mockingjay , please tell us exactly why you think funds were slashed? Maybe it was because of how your precious PLP spent and wasted money on Procative and Berkely, 20/20 Cricket, $4M each for Football and Cricket, Port Royal GC, Beyonce Concert, PGA Golf, Quigar deal, Faith Based Tourism, Washington Office, Travel, Caracom Membership, Bermuda Emissions, TCD, Sandys 360, and the list goes on.

If we just knew where the $800,000,000 is public funds went? Care to reply Mockingjay? Think of how many children we could educate if we could just find it

]]> By: hmmm https://bernews.com/2015/02/seventeen-bc-students-receive-financial-awards/#comment-2780944 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:26:18 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=367389#comment-2780944 There was some overall reduction, but the numbers of recipients were increased under the OBA…more benefit not just the chosen few.

The sail boat race, pays for itself and some. Those saling folks are spending money in the Bermuda economy already and will continue to do so through 2017.

]]> By: Mockingjay https://bernews.com/2015/02/seventeen-bc-students-receive-financial-awards/#comment-2780895 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:30:27 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=367389#comment-2780895 Thanks to the generous community benefactors, after the O.B.A/ubp slashed funds on education for the sail boat race.

]]> By: ok https://bernews.com/2015/02/seventeen-bc-students-receive-financial-awards/#comment-2780873 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:01:23 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=367389#comment-2780873 Very proud of all the recipients. Hoping you continue with much success.

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