The Senate will debate fire safety legislation today.
All premises, except for private homes and common areas of multiple unit dwellings, must obtain a fire certificate from the Chief Fire Officer under the proposed legislation, which will be present...
DATE: Dec 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Rebecca Zuill
Efforts to conserve resident populations of green and hawksbill turtles have been announced.
A management plan has been drawn up by the Department of Conservation Services in consultation with scientists and sea turtle specialists.
The main aim of ...
Registration for the Bermuda Public School system is slated for January 28, 29 and 30 next year, The Ministry of Education and Economic Development has announced.
The Ministry has also introduced a new registration policy and procedures document whic...
The insurance market is set to grow to a massive $2 trillion in just over a decade, the chairman of London insurance hub Lloyd’s told a Bermuda conference.
John Nelson said that the market stood at $600 billion at the moment — but economic powerhouse...
DATE: Dec 09, 2014 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Catalyst. The confirmation that Bermuda will host the America’s cup in 2017 is a game changer for our Island. This event and all that surrounds it, new hotel construction, new facilities, refurbishment of properties, and more importantly, opportuniti...
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
There are situations in which I can find myself turning to the dictionary despite knowing the meaning of a word. I do it because the dictionary is informative, rather than interpre...
A Progressive Labour Party bill to move the Bermuda Day holiday to the Friday before the last Monday of May received support from the Government’s Minister of Community, Culture and Sport Wayne Scott in the House of Assembly.
The draft legislation, e...
DATE: Dec 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Rebecca Zuill
A video documentary crafted on a Christmas gift camera has resulted in a big win for a local student, after her short movie won an international grand prize for the Bermuda Homeschoolers.
“I was really, really excited,” 14-year-old winner Maia Steele...
DATE: Dec 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Warwick Academy principal Maggie McCorkell has announced that she will retire at the end of the school year in June 2016.
Ms McCorkell moved to Bermuda in 1980 and joined Warwick Academy a decade later.
“The time has come for me to retire,” she sai...
There’s a saying: sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.
Local singer Sia Spence happens to agree.
The mother-of-two is making a bold move by going back to school to get a bachelor’s degree in media production from the Ame...
