“Berkeleyites”, past and present, are to gather for the second annual Berkeley Institute Alumni Green and Gold Ball this month.
Student achievements will be celebrated and five scholarships of $2,000 will be awarded at the event being held at the Fai...
DATE: May 07, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The students of the Bermuda Institute welcomed Education Minister Wayne Scott last night as their efforts went up on display.
Mr Scott cut the ribbon at a 6pm reception before heading in to the Institute’s science fair.
In its inaugural fundraising event, CDD Bermuda will have the honour of holding an intimate dinner, hosted by Governor George Fergusson on June 3.
Committed to empowering unemployed and underemployed women in the community, the Department of Human Af...
If you’re reading this, you probably have a teacher to thank.
When I was five years old I dreaded the arrival of the reading teacher, Lorna Andersen. Since I’d started school a few months late, I needed extra help. Mrs Andersen terrified me, as she b...
The extent of plastic pollution in Bermuda’s waters will soon become clear as two conservationists plan to sample the sea surrounding the Island.
Christian Shaw and Gordon Middleton of research and awareness group Plastic Tides set out on an overnigh...
DATE: May 06, 2015 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Some of the Island’s best musicians will be hosting an evening of jazz and vegan food to help raise money for Eddie Ming’s Rhythm Lab music school.
Jazz singer Sheila Smith will be accompanied by pianist Tony Bari to perform at the Rhythm Lab in St G...
DATE: May 06, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The Progressive Labour Party continued its charm offensive today when Rolfe Commissiong, the Shadow Minister for Human Affairs, praised America’s Cup authorities for initiatives deemed beneficial to young Bermudians.
Twenty-four hours after Walton Br...
If you were wondering about the ribbons spiralling up the poles of Hamilton’s street lights — think back to your old school tie.
The school colours adorning some 130 poles point to a series of newspapers celebrating each of the Island’s eight senior ...
DATE: May 05, 2015 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Innovations in the world of office furniture design have tended to serve one of two purposes. Some are designed to help the corporations who pay for them — open-plan offices are supposed to make workers more collaborative, for example, and cubicles o...
Kathy-Ann Swan was devastated the first time she lost a patient.
She was 23 and about a year into her nursing career.
“I’d only talked to the patient a few minutes before on my rounds and he was comfortable,” she said. “He wasn’t elderly at all which...
DATE: May 05, 2015 | CATEGORY: Home & Away | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy