More than 80 Island schoolchildren are taking part in the biennial Bermuda Zoological Society’s (BZS) Youth Conference this week.
The conference is aimed at middle and secondary students who have demonstrated “interest and leadership in conservation ...
Government’s two-week custodian training programme, launched last month, will soon see 20 local workers certified for janitorial work with the Ministry of Education.
The Custodial Technician Certification is offered by the Department of Workforce Dev...
Economic crime against financial services organisations is on the rise around the world, according to a just-released PwC report.
It found that fraud is increasing in financial services industries compared to other industries, and fraudsters are incr...
DATE: Mar 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Rebecca Zuill
CedarBridge Academy students will get chance to meet a union chief from overseas on Friday.
Barbados Trade Unionist Sir Leroy Trotman will visit the school where he will meet the Principal and Education Ministry officials upon arrival.
Arrangements ...
Love Your Poochie — a spa for dogs and also for cats — officially opened for business in January.
Dogs who spend an afternoon at Love Your Poochie on Dudley Hill in Paget are welcomed into a warm and elegant home where they are pampered with blueber...
DATE: Mar 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Rebecca Zuill
Finance Minister Bob Richards has emphasised the immense amount that the Government is spending on interest for debt as the House of Assembly’s debate on the 2014/15 Budget continued.
Delivering his budget brief for the Ministry of Finance, Mr Richar...
DATE: Mar 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
A host of the Island’s young people were honoured on the weekend as part of Teen Service’s Outstanding Teen Awards.
Warwick Academy student Lindsay Fisher took home the grand prize, winning the 2014 Overall Outstanding Teen Award, but she was just on...
DATE: Mar 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new guidebook book to help identify children at risk from potential health and well-being problems has been launched in Bermuda.
The Child Development Programme (CDP) has spent the last two years getting the Red Flags Guidebook approved and into pr...
DATE: Mar 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
The Centre on Philanthropy is welcoming new legislation recently tabled to replace the “outdated” Charities Act 1978.
Executive director Elaine Williams said yesterday: “The new Act is a vital part of the charitable sector’s management and accountabi...
DATE: Mar 08, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Belco has put forward a change to its facilities charge that would cut electricity bills for nearly half of its residential customers — but more than one in four households would end up paying more.
Those who consume the least electricity will benefi...
DATE: Mar 07, 2014 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
