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Manish Thareja was ten years old when his father died of a heart attack. He was raised by a handful of women — his mother and his two sisters. “It left a huge hole in my life,” said the 36-year-old from New Delhi, India. “I always wished I had a fath...

Clearwater Middle School dominated the inaugural Bermuda Institute of Ocean Studies Remotely Operated Underwater vehicle Angelfish competition on Sunday. So dedicated were all of our students that they were even ready to compete in the heavy rains on...

Bermuda High School students dominated this week as pupils from local schools and abroad honed their debate and public-speaking skills at the 2015 Bermuda Public Speaking and Debate Tournament. Over the course of the tournament, a multi-day event th...

Ayesha Vickers, of Dalton E Tucker, and her team of creative writers met with Young Observer last week. Mrs Vickers explained to us: “At Dalton E Tucker Primary Creative Writing Club (P4-P6), the goal of our writing club is to help break down the wal...

In celebration of World Book Day, Saltus Lower Primary class 1T put on a wonderful assembly about Dr Seuss. They dressed as the Cat in the Hat in colourful striped hats, told about the life of Dr Seuss, and sang “Happy Birthday, Dr Seuss”. There was...

Under beautiful sunny skies Warwick Academy’s senior school held their sports day last Thursday. Students were decked out in all their supporting house colours and the cheering of their team-mates was deafening at times. The air was filled with the s...

School breaks were a problem for Kim Caisey. Her children were 16, ten and four, and finding appropriate care was a nightmare. The younger two had learning challenges; the teenager required a completely different environment. Her frustrations led to ...

One day Brenda Carbonette decided she was sick and tired of waiting for tardy repairmen. She was 45 years old. A self-confessed girlie-girl who once won a beauty pageant back in her native Canada, and had a passion for diamonds. “I thought I could l...

A few cherished photos are all that remain of Dany Pen’s family history in Cambodia. One of them was snapped the day her mother, Yean Chham, arrived at a Thailand refugee camp in 1979. She escaped there after fleeing from the Khmer Rouge. The picture...

Best-selling author and theologian Christopher West has spoken at Catholic events around the world. Next Saturday he’ll be in Bermuda for a one-day only workshop entitled Freedom to Love organised by the Life and Family Office of the Roman Catholic ...