4765 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Sarah Lagan
Longtime St George’s barber Egmont Reginald Brown was a cut above the rest.
His counsel was valued by political leaders and he was honoured by the Queen, but Mr Brown, who died last month aged 82, was also remembered as a battler for civil rights and...
DATE: Nov 10, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police have begun to highlight road safety through social media.
The Bermuda Police Service traffic unit officially launched a Twitter account yesterday in an attempt to cut the island’s high rates of death and injury on the roads.
The Twitter feed f...
DATE: Nov 10, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Remembrance Day marks not only those who fell in action, but the millions who sacrificed their youth and career prospects because they went to war.
William Adams, 91, Bermuda War Veterans Association president and a Second World War Royal Navy signal...
DATE: Nov 09, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Minister of Public Works Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch and staff from his ministry have donated $1,035 to the West Indian Association in support of its hurricane relief campaign.
The funds were raised as a result of a Denim Day on October 4 and will...
DATE: Nov 09, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A new brochure designed to highlight Bermuda attractions in the off-season has been released.
“Uncover Bermuda”, produced by the Bermuda Tourism Authority, is focused on island entertainment, including arts and culture, from this month to next March....
DATE: Nov 07, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Political leaders past and present lined up yesterday to pay tribute to Progressive Labour Party stalwart Reginald Burrows — whose vision was to unite the island and make “Bermuda a better place”.
Family, friends and colleagues described Mr Burrows...
DATE: Nov 04, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermudian Zoe Kempe said yesterday that New York was carrying on as normal in the wake of Tuesday’s terror attack.
Ms Kempe vowed to continue with a cookery course in the city despite being less than two streets away from the scene of the mass killin...
DATE: Nov 03, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A CedarBridge Academy student is getting on-the-job experience thanks to a partnership between the school and the National Sports Centre.
Isaiah Smith, 16, is spending two days a week at the NSC learning skills like grounds keeping from the staff.
He...
DATE: Nov 03, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Education
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre fundraiser Movember will return this month in a bid to highlight cancers affecting men that are often preventable.
Men are encouraged to grow moustaches to raise awareness and funds. Statistics have shown that men...
DATE: Nov 02, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The story of Bermuda’s 1959 theatre boycott to end segregation is in the spotlight in Bermuda and overseas thanks to author Florenz Maxwell’s book Girlcott.
Girlcott, which took second prize in Code’s 2016 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature last yea...
DATE: Nov 02, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan