June 21, 2013
Dear Sir,
I am writing to express my total displeasure. Yes, I am an One Bermuda Alliance supporter. But I am also a fair critic. I am not pleased with the cut to student scholarships. I completely understand sacrifices must be made to ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Mark Nash has been named president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda.
He was selected by the group’s central council to fill a vacancy left by outgoing president Cordell Riley.
Mr Nash will sit in the post until the organisation’s next annual g...
Last Friday night Bermuda’s finest Primary, Middle and Senior School athletes were invited to the Denton Hurdle Awards ceremony at Purvis Memorial Hall at Warwick Academy. The awards were hosted by Bermuda School Sports Federation.
The winners were:...
Bermuda College students’ consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs has been surveyed for the first time.
The National Drug Control Department’s poll of 243 students over the spring semester showed alcohol as the drug of choice — but revealed t...
DATE: Jun 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Island Notebook
Berkelyites by the hundreds have Mrs. Michelle P. Simmons to credit for a really hectic and most stimulating weekend, trying to keep abreast of the multiple activities celebrating and honouring her retirement after 20 years as princip...
Government has imposed a cap on scholarship funds which have provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial assistance to gifted students.
New legislation tabled in the House of Assembly today will put a ceiling of $35,000 on each of eight gr...
Gary: It was our distinct privilege to serve as Michelle’s teaching colleagues at Berkeley during her initial period of service, that is, from 1975 to 1978. Robert was a teacher of English language and literature, I a teacher of French and Michelle ...
If you’ve ever popped the button on your work blouse on the day of a big meeting or bent over to find your pants have ripped down the middle, then you will uderstand the importance of having some basic sewing skills under your belt.
Patrice Morgan, ...
A long-serving St David’s teacher and counsellor popularly known as “Auntie Helene” has died aged 89.
Helene Paynter, who taught for more than 30 years at St David’s Primary School, was also the daughter of the school’s founder, Hilton Richardson.
“S...
DATE: Jun 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Young people are going corporate this summer.
A total of 28 students are spending their summer working at The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited under its 2013 Summer Student Programme.
And the Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative (YEI), in conjunc...
DATE: Jun 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: Rebecca Zuill
