One of the biggest threats Bermuda faces in keeping its international business is US enlightenment to the realisation that it need only change its tax laws to lure many companies home or repatriate corporate profits. And more insurance start-ups coul...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Reinsurance | AUTHOR: David Fox, Business Editor
A special conference is to be held next month to mark the 180th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Bermuda.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley will be the keynote speaker at the event, which will also examine the development of human rights since the ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Creating trash art, learning more about basic survival on a solar-powered paddle board, taking pictures while trying out the board and planting tomatoes and herbs were some of the exciting things Year 7 students from Warwick Academy did when members ...
Youngsters at Victor Scott Primary are making a big difference by finding ways to reduce the amount of trash being thrown out, and switching off lights and air conditioning when rooms are not in use to save electricity.
“We’re using 1,000 kilowatts p...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
A 22-year-old convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl has been sentenced to five years behind bars.
Kristopher Gibbons, who was 21 at the time of the incident, admitted receiving oral sex from the girl in a friend’s backyard last July, bu...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
David Wilson, affectionately referred to as the Johnny Barnes of Ord Road, has been garnering lots of attention as the exuberant crossing guard at Paget Primary.
The 53-year-old is known for wearing a cowboy hat, carrying balloons and dancing childre...
Most people go on their summer vacation to relax; but Mark and Tina Nash have other ideas.
The couple plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in August to hopefully raise $10,000 for a girl’s school in Sierra Leone.
The school, Hope Academy, was ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Security measures put in place at Saltus have proven effective, catching intruders who have attempted to access the school’s property.
Head of advancement Jon Beard said a fence, gates, CCTV and a security guard put in place had been in response to p...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
High school graduates and those looking for a career change are being encouraged to consider nursing.
Of the 490 registered nurses on the Island, 62 percent are non-Bermudians.
An information session about Bermuda College’s Associate of Science in N...
