The West Pembroke Family hosted an Ag Show last week. Mr Wendell Smith told us: “It is the committee that deserves the kudos, for in just two days they transformed the hall into a vibrant, colourful and inviting setting. There was the smell of popcor...
Students from Victor Scott Primary School joined Premier Michael Dunkley, Health, Seniors and Environment Minister Jeanne Atherden and Education Minister Wayne Scott in planting a Bermuda Cedar tree yesterday to mark Earth Day.
The tree planting took...
Toddlers at Stepping Stones Nursery and Preschool have been turning trash into art as part of an initiative to improve how the environment is treated in Bermuda.
Stepping Stones is aiming to become the first preschool on the Island to earn the inter...
The Board of Governors at CedarBridge Academy is falling short on the school’s educational priorities, according to a group of longstanding staff who approached The Royal Gazette with their concerns.
The staff members — including parents and educator...
DATE: Apr 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bernie O’Reilly Hook had four children under the age of six when she went off to university.
Friends and family questioned her sanity. But she was 31 and had dreamed of becoming a pharmacist since she was a teenager.
“Everybody said it was physically...
Tomorrow International Girls in ICT Day will be celebrated around the world to encourage women to consider careers in information and communications technologies.
The day is celebrated on every fourth Thursday in April and was created by the Interna...
DATE: Apr 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Bermuda will soon be home to a regional branch of the 100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) organisation. It has taken only three months for the fledgling Bermuda group to attract 100 members — the minimum requirement to create a regional location of the...
DATE: Apr 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
The Annual Rubber Duck Derby, held to raise money for Agape House, will take place on June 7 at Ordnance Island, St George’s, it was announced yesterday.
Friends of Hospice is the charity that supports Agape House and hospice care in Bermuda, and th...
Families sending their children to boarding schools in Britain are being offered a summer camp to help young students to get acclimatised to boarding life.
Educational consultant Jim Hewer, who arrives on the Island next week, is keen to speak with p...
DATE: Apr 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Dear Sir,
On the Let’s Talk programme last week, it was disturbing to see the man who is supposed to turn our tourism around saying that there were a lot of things he did not know about tourism.
For the money he is being paid, I expected more posit...
DATE: Apr 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
