Kishana Thomas Quallo will soon be the Bermuda College’s first distance learner to take part in a study abroad programme.
Mrs Quallo, 25, is currently working on her Bachelor of Business Administration in management and marketing through Mount St Vin...
DATE: May 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Boys learn better when they have an effective relationship with the teacher, while girls are more focused on their relationship with other girls. These were some of the findings made by Dr Michael Reichert and colleagues involved in a study of how gi...
DATE: May 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
You see it in the faces of too many young Bermudians. Or, more precisely, you don’t.
The look of hope — of buoyant expectancy — which should be lighting their eyes is too often missing.
They should be embarking on young adulthood with a sense of wo...
Island Notebook
The entire month of May has been set aside for Bermuda’s nurses to be celebrated by a full round of social and cultural events.
It began on Sunday of this week, with the 2014 Nurse of the Year Luncheon at Newstead in Paget. Yours trul...
Former Education Commissioner Edmond Heatley did not receive a severance package after controversially resigning from the post last month.
And Education Minister Grant Gibbons has also confirmed that the Ministry was unaware of a survey which, accord...
The Freemasons’ Fund For Bermuda this week made monetary donations of $2000 to four local charities. The Freemasons Fund For Bermuda (FFFB) is a Charity which has been functioning most effectively since 1981 and has donated more than $230,000 to char...
PRIDE Bermuda’s Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) initiative has received a boost after the anti-drug group received a donation allowing them to expand the programme to Elliot Primary school.
Executive director Judith Burgess said she...
Minister of Community, Culture and Sports Wayne Scott today launched the National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Campaign — an attempt to increase public awareness of teen pregnancy.
The campaign was kicked off at the Teen Services headquarters at Fort Ha...
Everyone has a story to tell and most of us quite naturally want our stories to be heard. So for me last week’s march was no surprise. Nor were the numbers of those who took part. Whether we like it or not, there are a lot of people out there who are...
DATE: May 09, 2014 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: John Barritt
A primary school has delayed giving its students a controversial test to find out if they are gifted after teachers complained.
Thousands of primary school students were scheduled to sit the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) this week in order ...
