The question to what end an education was posed Saturday, on the last day of the Reparations Support Commission’s two-day conference that looked at three decades of political independence and the way forward.

Henry Block is credited with the saying, ”We like to test things … no matter how good an idea sounds, test it first.”

Fourth and fifth graders at Villa Primary School are among the first group of students to receive free swimming lessons from Phoenix Athletic Centre.

The warning that the region is likely to be hit by an 8.0 earthquake is consistent with predictions made previously and they will always be there and continue to be there.