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 ...
Any changes to the laws regulating the use of cannabis will only be made “in a measured fashion with careful consideration of the Bermudian context”, National Security Minister Michael Dunkley has said.
Mr Dunkley spoke after a report by the Cannabis...
7 May 2014
Dear Sir,
If history has taught us anything it is that we as human beings don’t really learn anything form history. Here are three examples of how historically the improvements of the past 250 years have done just as much to hurt society a...
DATE: May 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Thousands of primary school students are sitting a controversial test to determine if they are gifted and talented this week — but teachers in at least one school are considering boycotting the exam.
Educators at Port Royal Primary School in Southamp...
DATE: May 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
