The emphasis was on “freedom of choice” at Bermuda’s first International Day of the Girl event yesterday.
Females were invited to choose from multiple activities at the free event held at the National Stadium.
The day, first declared by the UN in 201...
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To everything is a season and a time, a time to reap and a time to sow. The adage is clear enough but the application much of the time is uncomfortable. To be in season is the thing, isn’t it? No one wants to be out of style or off pace. Ho...
DATE: Oct 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
It has been a tough but incredible recovery for young Leighnae Lowe, who was 6 when doctors at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta discovered a tumour in a critical area of her brain.
After an uncommon and potentially risky operation, Leighnae is flouri...
DATE: Oct 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Heron Bay Primary School is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. The pivotal landmark in the eastern end of Southampton has well-served the expectations of its founders: to provide a sound and proper education for students.
A host of activiti...
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No magic bullets for our economy. No pill to drown the pain of a society lacerated with old sores. The only remedy is hope, which I know sounds a bit like when a doctor says, “it’s in God’s hands now”. But really hope has a real power which...
DATE: Oct 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Althea Overbey thought she had experienced a miracle after surviving risky surgery to remove a brain tumour just a few months after her son was born in 1985.
Now, 30 years later, she is convinced she has benefited from another divine intervention.
Ms...
DATE: Oct 09, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
More than 20 members of the community were trained at the weekend to become facilitators of a sexual-abuse prevention training programme.
Police officers, corrections officers, members of the church community and representatives from schools were a...
Everyone has heard about the America’s Cup village in Dockyard and the festivities on Front Street ahead of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda, but St George’s is where celebrations will begin.
Bermuda’s maritime heritage will be o...
DATE: Oct 09, 2015 | CATEGORY: Event | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Early education and awareness is key to protecting children from sexual abuse, according to Family Centre’s executive director.
Martha Dismont said treatment of convicted offenders was the next most important step to reduce reoffending.
However, the...
Students aged 10 to 15 have come together and are dedicating their Tuesday afternoon advisory class to producing the ‘MSA Messenger’.
The ‘MSA Messenger’ is the Mount Saint Agnes school magazine that will be a part of the Bermuda National School Sa...
