A 12-year-old boy who sustained head injuries at Sandys Secondary Middle School, requiring hospital treatment yesterday, was hurt by “careless recreational behaviour”, the Department of Education announced this afternoon.
The incident at 1pm was not ...
• On February 22, 2014, it was revealed that tourism minister Shawn Crockwell and Mark Pettingill, then the attorney-general, had spent $50,000 on a three-day trip to Singapore.
• Early summer 2015, it was revealed that the Bermuda Tourism Authority ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2015 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Christopher Famous
Women only hold 15.7 per cent of top leadership positions in Fortune 500 companies.
This statistic is being highlighted by activists involved in the ‘Day of the Girl’, a global movement raising awareness about the many inequalities females face.
Whi...
The new head boy at Berkeley Institute has given students something to feel good about: Azendé Furbert is very much one of their own.
“Normally it’s always the smartest person that applies for head boy,” Azendé explained. “I thought that if I applied...
DATE: Oct 07, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Dear Sir,
On Friday, October 2, in a glorious celebration of her four years on radio, announcer Gina Spence said that she had received her “doctorate” and should be called “Doctor”. Surely, if this was indeed an academic degree earned at a university...
DATE: Oct 07, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
The charity Community Driven Development has rebranded its programme under the new name Dare2Be.
The organisation — which empowers disenfranchised Bermudians to break the cycle of dependency though education, soft skills training, mentoring, work sh...
A recent civil service hiring freeze will not have an impact on the hiring of substitute teachers, the Department of Education announced this afternoon.
A statement issued by the department said that “the matter relating to the hiring of substitute t...
DATE: Oct 07, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Schools, public transport, public services and communications networks are all quickly getting back to normal after the passing of Hurricane Joaquin.
All schools, as well as Bermuda College, were due to reopen today.
Freddie Evans, the acting commis...
DATE: Oct 06, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A group of 12 boarding school administrators from Canada will be in Bermuda tomorrow for their annual recruitment fair.
The event, at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, from 5pm to 8pm, has been organised by Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (...
Charles Jeffers dreams were shattered when his high school scholarship was withdrawn.
He was 16 and earning only passing grades at Berkeley Institute. He wanted to become a lawyer.
His widowed mother was struggling to provide for him and his three si...
DATE: Oct 06, 2015 | CATEGORY: Home & Away | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
