Whitney Institute has launched a year of celebration as it commemorates 130 years of providing academic excellence to the Smith’s community.
It was in 1878 when the idea was first developed by Smith’s parishioners to construct a building on a plot of...
The degree of focus by all local media in observance of February 2013 as Black History Month has been unprecedented, stimulating and praiseworthy.
However this writer could not let the month close without drawing the country’s attention to four indig...
That was, Mr Acting Editor, some reality check (pun intended) and it is not one we will be able to cash any time soon. Public debt now stands at $1.469 billion and counting. Our new Government is projecting an operating deficit of a further unprecede...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: John Barritt
Education Minister Nalton Brangman has pledged to raise the bar on the quality of teaching in the Island’s schools.
And he vowed to boost qualification requirements “for all subject areas and specialisations” in a bid to improve standards of teacher ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The Centre Against Abuse will next week begin their fourth programme dealing aimed at tackling anger issued.
According to Laurie Sheill, Executive Director for the charity, the 12-week Relationship Education Programme for Women intended to help women...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Are some people simply born to lead or can leadership be learned?
The answer lies somewhere in between believes Dr Mario Moussa, who has 20 years of experience working in the field of leadership development.
A key to finding your leadership potential...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Bermuda’s Aquarium is to get a new roof, Environment and Planning Minister Sylvan Richards announced.
The job has been budgeted at $2.2 million.
“The main building at the complex is rather old, and it is important that we take steps now to secure the...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda National Association of Social Workers (BNASW) will launch a new scholarship fund on Friday, in memory of the late Ida James in recognition of Social Work Month.
Described as one of the pioneers in the field in Bermuda, Ms James also earn...
The Government House Schools Garden Project was inspired by the kitchen garden that American First Lady Michelle Obama started at the White House in Washington DC.
Mrs Obama wanted the new kitchen garden to become a ‘learning garden’ and so she invi...
Mihdi Brock, the Bermudian boy who has defied the odds by surviving almost 16 years with a rare, life threatening spinal condition is out of the woods but his mother faces a difficult decision about whether he should now undergo spinal fusion surgery...
