2857 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "News"
The XL Catlin End-to-End presentation ceremony last night marked the charity epic’s 30th since the event originated in 1988.
For this year’s charities, the $50,000 donations from the End-to-End proved a game-changer, as the Adult Education School, Ag...
DATE: Jul 07, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party has unveiled three General Election candidates to go up against three of the One Bermuda Alliance’s key players.
Architect Curtis Richardson will take on Grant Gibbons in Paget East, barrister Kathy Simmons will challenge...
DATE: Jun 26, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Year 8 Saltus Grammar School students explored a personal connection to history in preparation for their fifth annual History Fair.
The schoolchildren took several weeks to independently research a topic that interested them and showcased their resu...
DATE: Jun 22, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Former Clerk of the Legislature John Gilbert, who was deeply versed in parliamentary procedure and became a keen historian in retirement, has died at the age of 90.
Stepping down in 1989 after 14 years at the post, Mr Gilbert went on to serve as exec...
DATE: Jun 03, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Risk management firm Artex has helped to fund and build an eco-school garden at West Pembroke Primary School.
A team of employees from the company took part in the charitable event, which was sponsored by environmental group Greenrock. As well as fin...
DATE: May 29, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
David Saul faced formidable challenges, as finance minister and then as premier, during hard times not only for the Bermuda economy, but the United Bermuda Party under which he served.
His civil service background was put to the test in 1989, when, p...
DATE: May 16, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Saul, the former premier, businessman and athlete with famously eclectic passions, died at his Devonshire Bay home early yesterday morning, aged 77.
Dr Saul, who served as United Bermuda Party premier from 1995 to 1997, was hailed by his contem...
DATE: May 16, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
With more than a third of Alzheimer’s cases potentially preventable, people are being urged to take their health into their own hands.
According to Jo-Ann Cousins-Simpson, of The Family Practice, research has shown that exercise can cut the risk of d...
DATE: Apr 20, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
Direct family descendants of the first mayor of St George’s have visited his old home and walked in his footsteps more than 200 years after he died in the Olde Towne.
Kim Durnford Worrall, together with her husband, Chris, their three daughters and f...
DATE: Apr 19, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Environmental group BEST has expressed serious concern over President Donald Trump’s decision to roll back Obama rules aimed at curbing climate change.
Stuart Hayward, president of the Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce, said his feel...
DATE: Apr 03, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|