An Opposition sit-in protesting education cuts drew a crowd of about 70 people onto the grounds of Cabinet this afternoon, with Education Minister Grant Gibbons facing a sometimes hostile audience.
Shadow Education Minister Lovitta Foggo commended th...
DATE: May 06, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s high standards of healthcare meant that the Island recorded no maternal or neonatal deaths last year, it has been claimed.
In addition, a low prematurity of around eight percent, indicated women in Bermuda receive a high standard of prenata...
DATE: May 05, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
May 4, 2014
Dear Sir,
It never ceases to amaze me, that a whole group of people, presumably intelligent but deaf; assemble and come together to march and demand that this Government stands by it’s platform promises, and provide jobs. I even saw a wom...
DATE: May 05, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
With graduation in sight two Warwick Academy students are on the verge of an unprecedented achievement in the school’s history.
For two years, Russell Conyers and Lindsay Fisher have jumped over a seemingly endless number of academic and administrati...
Controversial changes to Government scholarships became the subject of an online debate between former Education Minister Nalton Brangman and PLP Senator Diallo Rabain.
Responding to a post on the One Bermuda Alliance Facebook page this weekend, Sen ...
DATE: May 05, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Maureen Simmons, the President of the local Foster Parent Association (FPA), lovingly refers to her house as ‘Do Drop In’.
That’s because after being a foster parent for more than ten years, she’s used to having children stop by and want to stay.
“...
In reading an article on education by New York Times writer Adam Grant of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, I felt a need to take some of that material and relate it to what seems to be part of our proverbial problem.
With the con...
DATE: May 05, 2014 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: Sir John Swan
Bermuda is heading out of a period of crisis into one of reinventing itself, according to a new survey.
The Island Monitor Report — which looks at smaller economies — put the Island at the end of a “stress/crisis” cycle, ahead of competitors like the...
DATE: May 05, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
World Asthma Day is tomorrow
By Nadia Arandjelovic
In honour of World Asthma Day, Open Airways is looking to help the public breath a little easier by offering free asthma goods and education tomorrow at City Hall.
From 11.30am until 2.30pm, people ...
Last year’s Round-the-Sound Swim — believed to be one of the largest open swim events in the world — has raised $6,000.
Of this total, $5,000 has gone towards Bermuda Zoological Society’s (BZS) education fund and $1,000 towards the Bermuda Lionfish T...
