As America observed the centenary of the outbreak of its Civil War in 1961, the Bermuda Historical Monuments Trust — predecessor to the National Trust — opened The Confederate Museum in St George’s Globe Hotel.
The Island, because of geography, hist...
With her uncanny ability to connect with her students and determination to make teaching fun, Hilary Lightbourne was the “kid whisperer”.
Mrs Lightbourne, who died earlier this month, is being fondly remembered for more than three decades as a popula...
Six women this week graduated a training programme designed to teach them how to care for the Island’s elderly.
Aisha Mussenden, Khalilah Dill, Katrina Dowling, Kishona Zuill, Sharon Stowe and Zita Pitt successfully completed the Modular Education Pr...
A reshuffle of principals and other leading education staff within the public school system is being implemented by the Department of Education.
Prospect Primary School principal Shangri-La Durham-Thompson is to take a position within the education ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The meteoritic rise in the use of unmanned flying drones present challenges and opportunities for insurers, according to Marsh.
In its report, “Dawning of the Drones: The Evolving Risk of Unmanned Aerial Systems”, the insurance broking and risk manag...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Two Warwick Academy students are the proud winners of prizes in the recent Reef Watch Art Competition.
The winners were Rachael Dill for her sea turtle sculpture and Jamie Newton, who recently joined the school as his father is part of Team Oracle, ...
Alonzo Richards used to wish he was invisible. “The other children kept making jokes about my size, which I didn’t like too much,” he said. “I was stocky.”
He is now a muscular 18-year-old but he was able to tap into those childhood feelings to win t...
More than 800 jobs were lost in 2014, according to Government statisticians.
The number of Bermudian job holders dropped by 671, from 24,504 in 2013 to 23,833 last year.
The number of jobs held by non-Bermudians, excluding non-Bermudian spouses and p...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Economy | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
In September 1980, approximately 120 students walked nervously yet excitedly into the gates of a high school.
They came with their well shined Clarkes’ “roach killer” brown leather shoes.
They came with their A-lined navy blue skirts reaching down be...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Christopher Famous
Robotics, animation and chess are just some of the activities students at Northlands Primary have been enjoying thanks to a grant donated to the school by Axis Capital.
Some 13 different enrichment clubs were created as a result of the $5,000 donati...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
