Business leaders are more likely to hire extra people and invest in their businesses this year as confidence rises.
But caution over the future remains, with particular concerns about the political environment and the need for business growth and inv...
School closure plans are still not finalised and the consultation process remains open, the Ministry of Education has told The Royal Gazette.
The announcement came after Gilbert Institute parents, teachers, children and supporters participated in a r...
A Berkeley Institute pupil is on track to be the first to complete a head-start scheme run by the Bermuda Insurance Institute.
Imani Smith, aged 17, is expected to complete a two-year associates in general insurance within the next few months.
Ms Smi...
DATE: Feb 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Alison Soares felt a tremendous sense of relief when her mother was admitted to Agape House.
Hillary Soares was in the final stages of Lou Gehrig’s disease. She struggled to breathe, had a feeding tube and couldn’t move.
The irony was that the 70-yea...
The people of St David’s came out in force last night to defend one of the three pillars of their community — St David’s Primary School.
The school is one of four earmarked for possible closure as part of the Bermuda Government’s school reorganisati...
DATE: Feb 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Once upon a time in Bermuda, children were under the watchful eye of their entire circle of family and friends. Chances were if a child misbehaved in public, their parents knew about it before they got home. More often than not, some form of punishme...
Beyond the Budget numbers there is a social consideration, and cost, to be totted up.
Martha Dismont, executive director of Family Centre, said she was on the panel at the Budget Breakfast to give representation to the people who are struggling in th...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Parents and teachers are resolutely against the closure of any schools, a public forum heard last night.
Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, also faced scepticism over school restructuring, with many citing the island’s difficulties with adopting...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A toy boat launched at sea by school students last year in the United States has reached the coast of Wales, after getting a little Bermuda help during a stopover on the island.
The Carolina Dreamer was put together by St Andrew’s School of Math and ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The influential role of Bertram Guishard, one of the Island’s senior educators, has been recalled in the establishment of Bermuda College.
Mr Guishard, who died last week at the age of 87, was “a very upright, trustworthy, honest individual”, said Ge...
DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
