Education permanent secretary Warren Jones has resigned his senior Government post to go on to greener pastures in the private sector.
Reports of this departure began circulating this morning, soon after Mr Jones sent out e-mails to various individua...
When Princess Louise (1848-1939), the sixth child of Queen Victoria and wife of the then-Governor-General of Canada, wintered in Bermuda in 1883 she played a major role in the development of the Island’s tourism industry, her name remaining synonymou...
Opposition Leader Marc Bean told party stalwarts the Progressive Labour Party lost the last general election through their own actions, by losing touch with the people.
Some 300 party supporters turned out for the PLPs 46th annual banquet at Hamilton...
CedarBridge Academy head boy JD Symonds holds ten GCSEs
By Cooper Stevenson
When JD Symonds’ science teacher challenged him to beat a previous student’s record of attaining seven GCSE’s, the 17-year-old CedarBridge Academy student took it personall...
It seems like your typical school photograph — uniforms are straight, heads are stiffly forward and socks are pulled up. The only thing different about this picture is that the students are wearing colourful gombey masks.
This photo, called Formalit...
Department of Tourism staff will be given an “exclusive period” to apply for posts in the new Tourism Authority.
A Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) spokeswoman said that department staff can contact the Government’s Human Relations Department to expre...
DATE: Oct 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Speaking to a packed audience at the Progressive Labour Party's annual banquet, held in the Harbourview Ballroom of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess this evening, party leader Marc Bean encouraged PLP stalwarts to celebrate all that the party had achie...
October 23, 2013
Dear Sir,
Commenting on today’s headline regarding caning in our schools. I have a suggestion, let’s give the children a break and cane the bad principals and teachers instead.
RUSSELL CONYERS
DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Senator Jeff Baron yesterday called for the public to recognise the significance of domestic violence in the community as Domestic Violence Awareness Month nears its end.
“When we consider the myriad of challenges facing our community, many remain ig...
DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
In 1963, Christine Pearman was one of five black students to usher in the start of racial integration at Whitney Institute.
Before that time the private school was reserved for white children on the Island. But the Theatre Boycott in 1959 gradually ...
