Bermuda Government scholarships and awards have gone out to 47 students.
The awards, given out earlier this month, include teacher training, mature student and further education awards as well as Bermuda Government scholarships.
Eight students receiv...
Seven students showing great potential in the field of healthcare have been congratulated as recipients of the Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarships.
They were commended today by Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment.
“Th...
A 16-year-old girl who threw boiling water over a sleeping man in “a one-off moment of madness” because of his relationship with her mother has narrowly avoided jail.
Magistrates’ Court heard that during the early hours of June 15, Quaashie Douglas, ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
This columnist encountered many interesting personalities who ventured home from near and far for the Cup Match/Emancipation Day celebrations.
We have no hesitation declaring up front that the most esteemed was the ambitious, hard working Theodore S ...
Dante Leverock, the Bermuda defender, has backed Harrisburg City Islanders to force their way into the United Soccer Leagues Eastern Conference play-offs this season.
Harrisburg are seventh in the 12-team table and just three points outside the play-...
DATE: Aug 07, 2015 | CATEGORY: Football | AUTHOR: Stephen Wright
In an interview with ZBM on August 3, a seemingly irate Michael Dunkley spoke about how he is a Bermudian and, how he “ ... sleeps in a Bermudian bed ...” and “ ... feels Bermudians’ pain ...”
Needless to say, this was not received well and many Ber...
DATE: Aug 07, 2015 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Christopher Famous
Shoppers paid 2.1 per cent more in June for goods and services than a year before.
And the Island’s inflation rate went up 0.9 percentage points from the 1.2 per cent measured in May.
Health and personal care notched up the largest increase year on y...
DATE: Aug 07, 2015 | CATEGORY: Economy | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
This year marks the 25th anniversary of a charity set up to help families.
But Family Centre founder Martha Dismont said she was focused on the future not the past.
Ms Dismont said: “It re-energises us year after year when you see families come in...
Too often some members of the public are eager to blame the Island’s woes on public service employees rather than on the policies and political decisions enacted by our politicians.
It appears as if many in this country would like for all to believe...
DATE: Aug 06, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jason Hayward
Michael Walsh was in his mid-thirties before he found his place in life. He quit his job as a welder and became a full-time art teacher at the Bermuda College.
Three years later, the 39-year-old considers it one of the best decisions he’s ever made....
