The following letters are a response to Academics First, whose letter appeared on October 7
Dear Sir,
Wow! Why are there so many haters in this world? First, I have an issue with anyone who can call out someone by name and with picture attached, yet ...
DATE: Oct 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
In nearly 33 years with the Argus Group, David Pugh has experienced the highs and lows of bearing senior-management responsibilities for a publicly traded company.
And as he looked back on his career after stepping down last month as chief financial ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
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...
Dear Sir,
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...
Dear Sir,
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
